Word: reaffirm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wanted to fill out the debate where I could find evidence and to reaffirm what we're doing," Rudenstine said. "Given the fact that there is considerable questioning on the issue, I wanted to put out what I have to say as a part of the discussion...
...Students came to reaffirm other students," Undergraduate Council President Robert M. Hyman '98 said. "They reaffirmed student empowerment, and I got a very positive sense of mutual support for a common cause...
...Middle East to Northern Ireland, it proves once again that American leadership is indispensable and that without it our values, our interests and peace itself would be at risk." A Bosnia settlement would prove that Clinton can lead the world as well as he can lead Arkansas and would reaffirm America's global pre-eminence...
Louis Farrakhan, Minister of the Nation of Islam and a prolific peddler of anti-semitic, chauvinistic and black supremacist doctrine, is the driving force behind this demonstration. The ostensible purpose of his "Million Man March" is to reaffirm the spirit of black manhood. Conrad Muhammed, a representative of Farrakhan, amplified this idea in a recent speech at the ARCO Forum. According to Muhammed, "If the black man continues to be the Achilles heal of America, then the future of America does not hold well." The black man is indeed becoming more and more disenfranchised and alienated throughout this country...
...argument that the "message" may be considered independent of the "messenger" is simply not convincing. I would ask West and others who are similarly inclined to imagine what their reaction would be to the following scenario. Tomorrow, David Duke calls a march of one million white men to reaffirm the spirit of American Democracy (i.e. his own particular vision of "American Democracy"). In response, all sorts of prominent white intellectuals, such as Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson and William F. Buckley Jr., come out of the woodwork and volunteer their oratorical services. When asked if they support Duke's agenda, they...