Word: affirmation
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...life of any person who is connected with murderous, bloodthirsty terrorist organizations cannot rationally be compared with the life of [an innocent civilian]” is a dangerous and false one. At a time in our country when many of us are in mourning, we need to affirm the value of each individual and every life. Every terrorist is in fact a person with a name, a childhood, a family—it is only when we work to understand how a young child grows up to be a suicide bomber, what socioeconomic situation or political issue prompts...
...last did "Crumb," about the underground comix master) turns the focus of the movie more on Enid and her emerging relationship with Seymour rather than the girls' friendship. The book enjoys its reputation primarily for the uncanny naturalness and intimacy of the two girls' banter as they constantly affirm each other with "I know," or refer to each other's past history with questions like "Isn't that the thing David Lipton gave you in the fifth grade?" Much of the book's dialogue has been transferred verbatim but the movie turns the dissolution of this friendship into just...
...Asia, he explains that we cannot let the North Koreans use America to pressure the South Koreans, that we must affirm our ties to Japan and that we should carefully continue to explore the possibility of cooperation with China (while being sure not to push them too hard on Taiwan, human rights, or the other issues generated by American public sentiment...
...court did affirm the spirit of Jackson's conclusions - that Microsoft does have a monopoly in the market for computer operating systems and violated U.S. antitrust laws. But Jackson's radical solution of splitting up Microsoft looks to be dead, and the life and career of the white-haired bear of a district court judge will now be forever tainted by the appeals' court opinion...
...Department and the study of the arts at Harvard. The historical context of the events that occurred this spring traces back to the Buell Report issued in August 1993, where a Special Advisory Committee in Visual and Environmental Studies urged Knowles to strengthen the department and urged Harvard to affirm a commitment to making visual studies flourish at Harvard. Phelan was hired thereafter as Professor of Practice with the mandate to develop and direct a program in studio arts...