Word: reaffirm
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...purpose was to "reaffirm clearly and explicitly our own position against discrimination in the University," she said, and the motion was timed to provide a "counter-weight to the implicit endorsement of General [Colin L.] Powell's stance by the University." Powell, who chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has defended the military's policy on gays, is Harvard's Commencement speaker this year...
...grant application had indeed been biased or otherwise unfair, the SAC undoubtedly would have reversed its decision on the grant when one of the SAC co-chairs represented the grant application before the full SAC in an appeal in November. But at that time the full SAC voted to reaffirm its earlier decision on the grant. Thus, on two separate occasions, following the grants guidelines, with different SAC members representing the grant each time, the full SAC--not just me--decided to fund only partially the grant application...
...Republicans, we must reaffirm the basic tenets of personal responsibility and accountability. This is where the Democrats, particularly Bill Clinton, run into trouble; their societal collectivism and commitment to government intervention conflicts with a rugged, private individualism that most Americans still hold sacred...
...news subjects protesting stories that are fair and true -- but inconvenient -- that they tend to dismiss all complaints. It was ill advised of the story's producers to answer GM without consulting NBC's legal department or journalistic superiors. It was loyal but just as unwise for Gartner to reaffirm the story later without checking. Even the ablest journalist sometimes gets things wrong...
Thus with most families' personal incomesgrowing at a rate lower than that of inflation,colleges need to reaffirm their commitment tofinancial aid when raising funds, he said...