Word: reaffirm
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...members of Augusta, Houghton, Daniels and Stone are necessarily opposed to diversity, their membership does represent their alignment with an exclusionary club. Harvard, as an institution run by people belonging to that club, suffers by association. To counter the shadow cast on our University those members should publicly reaffirm their commitment to diversity and openness, particularly within institutions that have traditionally been insular clubs for the elite...
...coalition of campus women’s groups will draft a petition next month asking top University officials affiliated with the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club to reaffirm their commitment to diversity...
...parties of the far right. The U.S. has also signaled its intention to press for a settlement freeze in those territories as part of a future peace effort, another position not shared by Sharon's base. And the Likud party voted last May (against Sharon's wishes) to reaffirm as party policy the rejection of any Palestinian state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea - a fundamental objective of U.S. policy...
...same moment when Okuyama was promoting Japan's multilateralism, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was across town paying his respects at Yasukuni Shrine?a highly controversial memorial to Japan's war dead, including an assortment of convicted war criminals. Although Koizumi later bafflingly claimed that his visit was designed to "reaffirm our antiwar position," most observers declared it a foolishly provocative affront to South Korea and China?the very nations Japan was supposedly reaching out to. By the time the evening news hit the airwaves, the prospect of Japan organizing an international peace coalition was dead...
Kiely also said the English department never withdrew the invitation from Paulin, but voted only to reaffirm that the invitation was still valid...