Word: affirming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aerobic dance classes at the local Jazzercise center, women are talking about who's hot on the silver screen, trading bargain tips and supporting new mothers and divorcees. The workout classes have become a combination gossip fence, networking center, self-help group, junior high locker room and place to affirm grownup community values. "There's no place like it," says JoAnn Mattia, 32, a physical- education teacher who gets to four or five hour-long classes each week. "Everybody talks about what videos to rent and which stores have the best sales. I've made new friends here...
...midst of a heated debate over whether the Reserve Officers Training Corps should return to Harvard, the council had a change to affirm its stated commitment to oppose discrimination in all its forms...
...support and affirm a woman's right to control her own body and her own life is at the heart of the Women's Movement. Rape and sexual violence against women directly threaten those values; so does censorship of women's sexuality. Neither should be condoned...
...course, any broad stereotype of athletes and homophobia is unfair and ignores those who openly affirm gay rights. For instance, Cice says several athletes visibly supported the gay community during the Mather harrassment incident...
...every one of those demands," said Dale E. Fink '71-'72. "We're here to commemorate those victories and to affirm...those events are still meaningful for us and those are the values we still live by...We did not come here for nostalgia...