Word: disavowal
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Your assertion that I was "distressed" over President Nixon's taped conversations of June 23, 1972, was a damnable lie. I reaffirm my unequivocal support of President Nixon, and I utterly disavow your suggestion that I found fault with his course of action...
Stewart Doig taught me American history in eleventh grade. He is a hero to me not because of his political beliefs, which I once admired but which I have come to disavow. He is a hero to me because he is a fine and decent man who firmly believes in the goodness of his fellow human beings and because he is one of the few people I know who is unswerving when it comes to acting on those beliefs...
...point in my life I did idealize Kennedy and I once did believe in the things he stood for. I cannot dismiss my former idealization of the man as sheer naivite because in large measure it is the earlier idealization of Kennedy that has caused me to disavow his politics and his policies...
...much: purposeful ambition, pride in country, respect for family and church, plus a dash of disdain for the culture pushers from the East. But to these same people today, he is a much diminished man. His troubles are like a disgrace in the family. Few people want to disavow him completely, and some of the old affection lingers. Most citizens are embarrassed, perplexed and, most of all, saddened...
...point is that sections four and five of the program Mr. Tran Buu Kiem presented to you on May 8, which are basically contained in my last paragraph are in themselves preconditions. But they are preconditions placed by the other side, which cannot, for that very reason, disavow or refuse to discuss them. Therefore, I urge you to consider what effects American emphasis on points four and five would have on the talks...