Word: reaffirmed
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...United States must make every effort to protect the Olympics from further political encroachments. If this country in the past has prided itself on a unique approach to athletics--one which honored the amateur, the clean-living truly-competitive Bill Bradley--then this is a crucial time to reaffirm these concepts. There must not be a policy which will deprive America's youth of the opportunity to test themselves against the world's best...
...trip also provided an opportunity to reaffirm the bond with Australia, which is becoming an increasingly closer ally in political, economic and cultural matters. By way of welcome, Holt's interim successor, John McEwen, promised "no change in Australia's commitment until a just peace is won." Johnson also had a rare chance to meet with the leaders of the five other Viet Nam war allies, some of them for the first time since the Manila Conference 14 months ago. He conferred with South Viet Nam's President Thieu, South Korea's President Chung Hee Park...
...follow this week, particularly within the British Commonwealth. The Common Market countries immediately decided not to follow Britain's lead, and the U.S. lost no time in announcing that it has no intention of devaluing the dollar. In a White House statement, President Johnson said that he could "reaffirm unequivocally the commitment of the U.S. to buy and sell gold at the existing price of $35 an ounce...
...find it encouraging that the conscience of today's youth is expanding, that we are concerned with making our country worthy of being loved. Many good Americans do not find it necessary to constantly reaffirm their loyalty, but patriotism is latent in most of us today-even those who demonstrate their dissent so adamantly. CHASE WEBB San Francisco...
Said Marshall: "Let me take this opportunity to reaffirm my deep faith in this nation and to pledge that I shall ever be mindful of my obligation to the Constitution and to the goal of equal justice under law." Two days later, Marshall took the oath in a private ceremony conducted by the court's oldest member, Justice Hugo Black, 81, of Alabama...