Word: affirming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...article by your Mr. John Leonard concerning one Morris, which appeared in your most recent issue: Mr. Leonard seems to be laboring under the same delusion as Mr. Frank Norris when he said, "We want life, not literature" (and probably succeeded in giving us neither). In order to affirm and support his contention regarding over-formalism in the teaching of letters at Harvard, Mr. Leonard laments the eclipse of Thomas Wolfe, who, it is affimed, had Something to Say. I am at present re-reading Look Homeward Angel: mere plot will not do! There is a prevalent cliche that writers...
...influence peddling were so widespread back home (TIME, April 21). Said Carlos Garcia deadpan: "That [corruption] exists in the Philippines I shall not deny. I do not believe there is any head of government anywhere in the world-this country not excepted-who can stand before you and affirm truthfully that his country is immune to this social cancer...
...turned them into dollars for a pretty profit. With this practical experience behind her, Sylvia in 1935 persuaded the Post to hire her as a financial reporter. Three years later the Post warily gave her a column under the byline S. F. Porter, and did not let her affirm her sex until 1942, when S. F. was changed to Sylvia...
...Marshal Ivan Konev suddenly discovered that Zhukov shared the blame with Stalin for Soviet reverses early in World War II, did not deserve much credit for the Stalingrad victory, had hindered more than helped at the conquest of Berlin. All in all, Konev concluded, "it would be absurd to affirm Zhukov's alleged exceptional part in the Great Patriotic...
...reports come from members of Western diplomatic missions in Moscow. Indications were that Soviet Communist party boss Nikita Khruschev had called an urgent meeting of the party Central Committee, probably to affirm Zhukov's ouster as defense minister...