Word: confirms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...celestial positions and ocean-depth soundings marked in the logs, and even examined the shadows in photographs to calculate the angle of the sun and help fix the locations in the pictures. The conclusion: Peary made it to within 8 km (5 miles) of the pole, close enough to confirm his place in history...
...surprised to hear, when I called to confirm the interview date, that Ron Fox and Dana Bullwinkel were no longer at the law school and that there was now no public interest placement office at Harvard. Although I was told that public interest placement was being coordinated as part of the whole placement process, on the day of the interviews I found out that only two students had signed up to talk with...
...could say that. But furthermore, to change policies you need a political majority. My political friends will confirm that I felt very much inspired by the ideas of Gorbachev, without thinking that the same changes had to be introduced here. We were and still are different countries. The essential thing is socialism with a human face combined with democracy. I am convinced that if we had opted for this course earlier, we would not have stumbled into the political crisis in which we find ourselves...
...These demonstrations had been going on for several weeks. The situation became more aggravated on Oct. 9. Members of my and other parties refused to acknowledge that we were confronted with a popular movement aimed at bringing about a renewal in this country. I cannot confirm the existence of any order to shoot or that a distribution of ammunition took place. But clashes between demonstrators and the People's Police were possible...
...lull in the discussion over rent control, Danehy asked Healy to confirm or deny the truth of a rumor that the city manager would be selected as Harvard's next president...