Word: affirmativeness
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...addition to praising Cox’s record, Kagan and other HLS officials also used the event to affirm and emphasize their commitment to and encouragement of public service programs...
...definitely an affirmation. This is a pretty lonely work, most of the time,” he added. “I think a lot of my readers feel the same way. They need someone to affirm to them that they aren’t crazy. The event reminds everyone of reality, and gives some hope. Of course it also sells some books, which is part of the effort because a slot on the best seller list is a sort of affirmation...
Overall, though the production can be construed as overly flashy or a mere attempt at Shakespearean pulp, that flashiness is what brings Richard III a fresh life on the Mainstage. And though it doesn’t take an adaptation set in an Aztec tribe to affirm the universality of Shakespeare’s drama, it does make for a wonderful spectacle...
...storytelling and of shared culture, without itself resorting to gimmicky aesthetics—which, ironically, belie the play’s most poignant and universal theme: that art, especially in the time of tragedy, should not merely be for art’s sake, but instead a means to affirm ourselves, to persevere and to remember...
...value freedom and justice for all the world’s people, reject the brutal repression that today’s anti-war rally would have our government ignore. Let us support the war effort and praise Bush for his vision of peace and democracy in Iraq. Let us affirm our faith not only in Iraq’s capacity for enlightened rule, but also in our own leaders’ capacity for sensitivity and compassion...