Word: affirmation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hiring committees tend to hire what and whom they recognize as being `like' themselves," Pellegrini says. "This tends then to [affirm the status quo] both in terms of disciplinary approaches and research interests and maybe even in the sorts of people that get hired...
...peacemakers as traitors to their cause, and if that doesn't work, by the only means they know: bombing and killing. On May 22 voters in the North and the Irish Republic will go to the polls to accept or reject the agreement. The referendum will most probably affirm what is already known: they are sick of violence and of the people who believe only in violence...
...vigorously affirm the political and social equality of gay and lesbian persons--and the rational dialogue that is necessary to actualize...
...been two weeks since my last cigarette. If I ever smoke again, it won't be to kill myself or to deal with a "nic fit." It will be to affirm my right to do so in the face of big brother's criticism. It will be to validate a fraternity in which "bumming" a cigarette is acceptable in a way that no non-smoker could understand. (Have you ever bummed a french fry from a passerby...
...have heard that IOP committees do wonderful work, but for part of this discussion at least, the IOP seemed to affirm that the Jerry Springer Show carries more weight than the news. In this country, a fissure is growing between the intelligentsia and the ruling gentlemen's club, and most people more often than not feel neglected by those on either side of the canyon. Various institutions are capable of bridging the gap in socially beneficial ways--universities, for example. As a prominent university political organization, the IOP ought to give more thought to its role on campus. Chump...