Word: affirmance
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Instead, they proposed that European states give up a measure of national sovereignty to achieve a closer union, and concluded: "We affirm our conviction that only a United Europe, partner on the basis of equality with the U.S., will preserve the future of our liberties and peace." The signers of the manifesto represented enough votes to bring a motion of censure against De Gaulle's government, but they hesitated to embarrass De Gaulle on the eve of what may be the ultimate Algerian showdown. They also dreaded pushing him into ordering a popular referendum on the European issue when...
...Jersey had exceeded its judicial authority in barring Dr. John Hick from membership in the Presbytery of New Brunswick. A professor of Christian philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary, Hick was voted into membership of the presbytery last year; the synod rejected the election action because Hick had refused to affirm his belief in the virgin birth of Christ. The assembly decided that the synod had erred procedurely in questioning a presbytery's right to choose its own members...
...address a crowd of some 90,000 in the football stadium of the University of California in Berkeley, the President mused on the hopes and problems of the world's newer nations. "As new nations emerge from the oblivion of centuries," he said, "their first aspiration is to affirm their national identity. Their deepest hope is for a world where, within a framework of international cooperation, every country can solve its own problems according to its own traditions and ideals." In perhaps his most optimistic assessment of world affairs since taking office, Kennedy expressed confidence that these nations will...
...Stuart Hughes, professor of History, would neither deny nor affirm yesterday reports that he will run for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Hughes may enter the already hotly contested Democratic primary or run on an independent ticket...
...more modest way of dress for bishops and cardinals. "In every earthly hierarchy," he wrote, "there is little overt indication of differing rank. Among us, however, there still exist various modes of dress and pomposities which serve to affirm different positions: flaming colors, ermine, trains. People would be edified to see ecclesiastics dress simply...