Word: affirmation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keeping with this principle of free speech, we affirm that all viewpoints should be heard as the debate over justice in South Africa continues. Accordingly the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee this week invited Mr. Kent-Brown to participate in debate with a speaker from the African National Congress, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, during his visit here. Mr. Kent-Brown's hosts, the members of the Conservative Club, publicly heaped scorn upon this offer and refused to arrange for the debate to take place...
Republican committee members voted 7 to 0 for Lugar, who assumed the full caucus would simply "affirm" that decision. But Helms remained uncharacteristically serene. "We don't want to do away with the seniority system, do we?" he slyly asked colleagues. The not-so-subtle message got through, particularly to such out-of-step Republicans as Connecticut's Lowell Weicker, a liberal whose only chance to become a chairman lies with seniority. By a 24-to-17 vote, Republicans opted for Helms -- and the system...
...with his colleagues to "address this issue with the Holy See." After considerable anguish, the bishops issued a document that endorsed Rome's right to intervene in Seattle and said its procedures properly protect both individual rights and the good of the church. Indeed, the bishops declared that they "affirm unreservedly their loyalty to and unity with the Holy Father." Hunthausen's allies managed one triumph: deletion of the assertion that Vatican treatment of the Archbishop of Seattle was "just and reasonable." The bishops also offered their future "assistance" to all parties...
...England writers will read selections...that expose the horrors of war, affirm the value of life, and address the paramount issue of peace in a nuclear age," said Mazur...
...bottom line is that the American electorate remains dealigned--not realigned, predominantly moderate, not liberal and conservative. During the 1960s and 1970s, Democrats dissipated a generation's worth of political capital, but during the 1980s Republicans have failed to capitalize on their opportunity. The 1986 Congressional elections only affirm the stand...