Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...results of a recent poll of college students confirm what many at Harvard may already suspect: students across the country are drinking more and smoking less tobacco...
...human being." AFL-CIO Boss George Meany, an archenemy of Burns, praised Carter for dropping the old chairman and "moving away from the discredited policies that created the last recession. Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said that he might vote against Miller's confirmation because of his lack of banking experience. But he conceded that the Senate is likely to confirm Miller in view of the "glowing recommendations from all sides that this guy seems to have...
Beyond that, Bryant's agent and husband Bob Green says, her take from show business has dropped by 70% since the Dade County election. That is difficult to confirm, as is Bryant's charge that "conventions have been totally inhibited from booking us." Bryant still performs around the country, singing and speaking at conventions, church meetings and conservative get-togethers. Sometimes she seems to be benefiting from the furor. When she was picketed in St. Petersburg last week, lagging ticket sales perked up; she played to a full house of 2,000, and 200 people were turned away...
...hypnotic appeal. It sweeps up nearly everyone with its seductive force. When she plays her forte, the waif, her wide dark eyes brim with vulnerability. In moments of stillness, her forlorn, diminutive figure makes a plea for love and assurance that only shattering applause can provide and confirm. And she gets...
Discard's comeback appeared to confirm the wisdom of his election tactic ?namely, to stay above the political fray. One reason for his break with Chirac last year was Giscard's refusal to join the Gaullist leader, who then was the country's Premier, in a concerted public assault on the left. Giscard reasoned that attacks would only weld the Communists and Socialists together; if left alone, he calculated, the parties would be torn apart by internal contradictions. His analysis is proving correct...