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Democrats, who seemed assured of winning the statehouse with only Mecham to worry about, were rattled by Schulz's late entry. Babbitt and Democratic leaders called a press conference last week to reaffirm their support for Warner. "I've never seen the party so united," said former Governor Sam Goddard. In fact, however, Democrats as well as Republicans helped Schulz get the signatures to run as an independent. The Democrats could be split so badly by the Schulz candidacy that Mecham just might slip into the governorship...
...sure why I am writing you this except that perhaps I need to reaffirm to myself that our dilemma is not the result of high and riotous living -- that we are and always have been a plain, hard-working farm family. We've had a few health problems, none of which were very expensive, three or four really bad drought years that really set us back, perhaps some bad business decisions and maybe some management weakness. Actually we were not in bad shape until the years with the terrible interest rates and the grain embargo -- it seems in retrospect that...
...This illegal war debases the best of American values," M.I.T. professor of Anthropology Martin Diskin said in a prepared statement. "We have to demonstrate, as we are today, to reaffirm that the United Statees should stand for self determination of peoples and for genuine freedom all over the world...
...will be an opportunity to reaffirm, before man terrified by the threats of death, our commitment to the victory of life," John Paul said...
...Year's Day speech, Babangida pledged to sponsor a national debate on the transfer of power to a civilian government. Said he: "I wish to reaffirm that this administration does not intend to stay in power a day longer than is required to lay the necessary institutional framework to bring about a better and more stable Nigeria." The voluntary and orderly turnover of power to a civilian government would flout the norm in Africa, where coupmakers have all too often made similar pledges. Many observers, in fact, believe that Babangida's program will entrench military power for years to come...