Word: commend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commend the idea of opening single-sex institutions to all. But these women appealing for change don't seem to have a problem with the other kind of oppression the final clubs practice in abundance. A final club, no matter how many women are a part of it, exists so that its members don't have to deal with people unlike themselves...
Saiki cited this "cultural diversity" as one of the reasons why no Asian-Americans were assigned to top positions in Clinton's administration. "I commend [President Clinton] for the diversity he has brought for Blacks, Hispanics and women, but I see no Asian-Americans," Saiki said...
...would like to commend your recent series of articles by Anna Wilde on race relations at Harvard. I applaud the attention that The Crimson has paid to administrative efforts to address a serious situation on the campus...
...emotional weight he carried after saying and doing the terrible things in the film, but there was never any time. However, Matt said the role has had no negative effects on how friends view him--"they know that's not me." When people encounter him on the street to commend him on his job in the film, he always says, "I was a real jerk, huh?" in order to communicate to people that he is not at all like his screen personality...
...commend AAA for attempting to encourage Asian American students to "consider a field they have never considered before" by putting together this fashion show...