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...Affirm or deny that you were among those who sent greetings to the Moscow Art Theater on its soth anniversary...
...same love of people around the world who do not know your names, but who do know you by your cause and your great tradition. We and our friends found the courage to resist [aggression in Korea] two years ago. It is to press that courage home, to affirm and to establish the faith that a peaceful world can in truth be built, that . . . you have been asked to serve your country with the hope and promise of your lives...
...most provocative news of medical needlework came from the congress' French president, Dr. Roger de la Füye: "I affirm that acupuncture, professionally administered the evening or morning before a sporting match, will increase the performance of a champion. These same punctures, administered by a veterinarian acupuncturist to a horse 20 minutes before the race, are capable of 'doping' sprinters, trotters or jumpers in a clean and legal manner, and giving them a clear advantage...
...barracks which bulged out on the Common. Then came that memorable day, July 2, 1775, when General Washington--decked out in "blue cost, buff under-dress, and rich epaulette on each shoulder"--marched down the road from Watertown. At this point, historians have gone to all extremes to affirm or deny that Washington accepted command from Artemus Ward under a certain elm (The Washington Elm). The most convincing account shows that because of poor weather and other complications, Washington could not have accepted command under this elm. Yet for years afterward, the tree was nursed and trimmed to a ripe...
...bought for immediate use do not rise above $2.83 or fall below $2.77 in the transaction. The change will mean nothing to tourists and perhaps little to traders. But Chancellor R. A. ("Rab") Butler was in effect making a gesture in the direction of free markets, as if to affirm that the give & take of private trading and not the rigid mechanism of authority is the proper way to set the value of a nation's currency. Like the payment to the tailor, it might not be much more than a gesture, but it was a gesture...