Word: reaffirming
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...direct challenge to Saint Laurent's supremacy in both the atelier and the boutique. As he did in the '70s when his couture values were threatened, Saint Laurent will probably respond with fiendish flare. If he does not, the reason may be that he is content to reaffirm those values quietly through his designs. One emerges from this retrospective sensing that this is a defiant stronghold of luxury and glamour. As Saint Laurent writes in an essay for the museum's catalogue: "I believe that the couture must be preserved at all costs and the term, like...
...October 11, we endorsed the candidacy of Melvin H. King in the preliminary election. We reaffirm that endorsement and hope that Boston voters tomorrow will choose to cast then ballets for the former Massachusetts state representative...
This struggle does not disappear. Every two years, Cambridge holds an election that potentially could reverse its gains. The loss of a single seat on the nine-member body could negate any accomplishments. Students registered to vote in Cambridge must go to the polls again today to reaffirm the commitment to economic and social inequality...
...result of those actions, President Reagan was forced to abandon for a time his rhetorical attacks on Soviet brutality and go on record as "reaffirm[ing] strongly the U.S. support for the U.N." Fortunately, the Administration came out against the Senate move, which could have eventually cost the United States its vote in the international body, and the House did not back it either. So the Senate vote did not lead to an actual reduction in U.S. funds for the United Nations, despite the harsh claims of some, like Sen. Steve Symms (R-Idaho), that "taxpayers are sick and tired...
...addition, the resolution called upon the university's provost to reverse its actions separating the Learning Skills Center (LSC) from COSEP (Committee on Special Education Projects). Furthermore, it calls for the provost to reaffirm Cornell's commitments to affirmative action...