Word: reaffirmed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reaffirm on a regular basis the existing policy of the Harvard Guard Service that the workplace be kept free from any discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, gender or national origin...
...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...
Loker Professor of English Robert J. Kiely '60 said the Faculty needs to "reaffirm our policy of nondiscrimination...
...also an affront to the entire Harvard community because it demeans our intelligence and ability to recognize stereotypes as unfounded biases and oversimplifications. Incidents such as these reaffirm stereotypes that all Black youth are criminals, not only undermining positive feelings about the increased enrollment of Black students next year, but also increasing racial tension on campus...
...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...