Word: confirmation
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...fears to say, that it takes an effort, indeed a battle, to recapture and restore diversity as an instrument of excellence. So he leaves it unclear whether Harvard's purpose is to educate blacks or represent them proportionately and improve their self-esteem. The result is not only to confirm the ascendancy of self-esteem but also to give it the legitimacy of seeming excellence, as if the two were the same. A more full-hearted, forthright defense of affirmative action might carry conviction. This one helps me to conclude that the policy is probably, and rightly, done...
Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, said he could not confirm Berry's departure last night but complimented Berry on his job with...
...Worlds over the radio, 20 percent of the six million people listening believed that New Jersey had just been burnt to the ground by Martians. The highways were jammed with people trying to leave; the telephone lines to the police were busy with people asking them to confirm the report...
Even if Wigand were mysteriously to vanish tomorrow, however, antismoking advocates are convinced the deck is at last stacked in their favor. Through earlier litigation and the efforts of other whistle blowers, 30 years of internal documents have been exhumed that appear more damning than any single witness. They confirm, for instance, that, as one Philip Morris executive put it in the early 1970s, "smoke is beyond question the most optimized vehicle of nicotine and the cigarette the most optimized dispenser of smoke," and that as early as 1963 B&W executives knew nicotine was addictive. "Of course...
Harvard Police would only confirm this morning that an "incident" occurred around Adams House. Police said the case is still under investigation and declined further comment...