Word: reaffirms
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...reaffirm what we take to have been the original idea and intent of the Ph.D.; namely, to train men to do advanced work of an original nature, without either maiming them spiritually or assuming that they are Methuselahs. Such training should obviously include a wide grasp of what is already known--we ought not, however, to require all knowledge--and it should equally include strict introduction to methods and tools...
...worrisome days, he sought the help of capitalistic Greece and Turkey against Moscow. Now Khrushchev would like to revive this moribund Balkan pact, hoping thereby to loosen the ties of Greece and Turkey to NATO. Greece and Turkey, of course, could be expected to say no, and to reaffirm their loyalty to NATO. But since they are themselves on the outs over Cyprus, and each in its own way a little out of sorts with its Western partners, neither really minded getting a chance to show the West that someone else was bidding for its favor...
...Loyal Texan? Though the student president and vice president tried to excuse the university administration by insisting that its motive was merely to protect Barbara, the student assembly met to "reaffirm its belief that all bona fide students should be given an equal opportunity to participate in campus activities." The presidents of the two leading service organizations, the Cowboys and the Silver Spurs, recommended that students boycott the opera. "We wonder," said the presidents, "if, in order to qualify as one of Representative Chapman's 'loyal Texans,' we must abandon our religious heritage as Christians and Jews...
...succor from a kingdom even more distant than Jordan. The supplicant: the royal government of Laos, whose small territory is bordered on the north by Red China, on the northeast by Communist North Viet Nam. Laos' plea: the U.S., along with Brit ain and France, should reaffirm its support of the Laos government against Communist pressure-particularly from the two Communist-controlled provinces in northeastern Laos. Reason: under the terms of the 1954 Geneva agreement which ended the Indo-China War, the two Red provinces were to have been reintegrated with the mother country...
...Mike" Pearson sent a fresh complaint to Washington, took the floor of the House of Commons to reaffirm his confidence in Norman's loyalty. The U.S. State Department disowned the committee's charges, said they did not represent the views of the U.S. Government...