Word: affirmativeness
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...equally successful attempt to affirm gay dignity, the current issue also contains the following gem, quoted in The Crimson: "Truth in Advertising? "The poster originally read 'Come hear Barney Frank'.. Later his name was blacked out and the word 'faggot' written across it..."" Apparently, Peninsula believes that in service of the twin goals of truth in advertising and affirming gay dignity, we should call all gays "faggots...
Regarding protests, the Guidelines set out a principle intended to ensure that the members of the Harvard community are allowed to compete in the contest of ideas, as stated on page 16: "The University must affirm, assure and protect the rights of its members to organize and join in political associations...publicly demonstrate and picket in an orderly fashion, advocate and publicize by print, sign and voice...
...Guru's "Jazzmatazz" and Us3 's "Hand on the Torch," the last few years have seen hip-hop/jazz fusion hit the mainstream charts. Eminently cool horn lines and laid back hip-hop beats brought out new shades in each genre, creating a sound that, as the sales numbers affirm, lots of people liked. Forever dabbling in popular music, Branford Marsalis offered up his version of this recipe last year with his latest band's self-titled CD, "Buckshot LeFonque." On leave from "The Tonight Show," this band is now on tour and played a well-attended...
...share Professor Mansfield's politics and that is fine. But certainly none of us should share his low estimation of self-worth. Though the nation's eyes don't always turn to Harvard, we must affirm our power to make a difference. The belief that our actions are worthless and heeded by no one is not only specious, it is dangerous as well. Precisely that same apathy allows ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and human rights abuses in China...
...field of contenders isn't complete. Possible candidates still wait on the sidelines, and also-rans like Ed Muskie will affirm that being a front runner this far out guarantees exactly nothing. The issues (both real and perceived) are only now emerging. But the candidates' strategies are coalescing, and much is already known about the landscape on which the campaign will unfold. This second presidential battle of the post-cold war era will continue the debates begun in 1992, which were exacerbated but not settled in 1994. At home, with the gap between rich and poor widening, the seemingly ingrained...