Word: affirmation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some moral debts to history should not be canceled. Material amends may be part of symbolic amends, but the goal of the "tally" should not be to reach zero indebtedness but to affirm it. HOWARD F. STEIN Oklahoma City...
...like Katz, more and more parents are wrangling with tough questions: how to handle the external aspects--the stares, comments and other public behaviors that arise when families look different--and perhaps more important, how to handle the internal--the need to affirm the family bond while helping a child craft a strong racial sense of self...
...state of mind." As the movie artfully demonstrates, it is not very difficult to fall into this state of mind. Of course, it's not too late for him to change course and return to his vague dreams; it's never too late. But in watching him struggle to affirm or deny his happiness, we come to better understand the essentials of this happiness that we are all so obsessed with finding. For all you future investment bankers, but also for everyone else who once saw endless possibilities after graduation, Metroland offers both hope and regret...
...Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have gagged these artists before they wrote the daftly-worded "Mr. Fix It." As the band ends with their lasting call, "Legalize it... don't criticize it," they affirm their success at maintaining the energy and life of modern reggae...
...Good Ambition" conjures images of great "get out of my dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have gagged these artists before they wrote the daftly-worded "Mr. Fix It." As the band ends with their lasting call, "Legalize it... don't criticize it," they affirm their success at maintaining the energy and life of modern reggae. Sarah D. Redmond