Word: reaffirms
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...gainsay the fact that the determination to secure those rights is in the highest traditions of American freedom. In these moments of tragic disorder a special burden rests on the educated men and women of our country-to reject the temptations of prejudice and violence, and to reaffirm the values of freedom and law on which our society depends...
...present, Harvard has not yet irrevocably committed itself to fallout shelters, and it is still possible to give the matter the study it deserves, taking into account the new research which has been done in the past year. Another Faculty committee should either reaffirm or revoke the shelter decision, but only after giving the problem the attention that its importance actually warrants...
...Louisiana's Democratic Senator Allen Ellender is as juicy and peppery as the shrimp jambalaya that he cooks up for friends. An oldtime Huey Long lieutenant and a longtime (25 years) member of the Senate, Ellender enjoys nothing more than whisking around the world to reaffirm his conviction that the U.S. is misspending its money on foreign aid. Since 1946, he has made six globe-girdling tours, two side trips to Latin America, three to Europe, and four to the Near Middle and Far East and the Balkan countries. In his travels, Ellender shoots 16-mm. movies, shows them...
...Dean Monro (then Director of the Financial Aid Office) recommended that the board of the Agency Corporation "reaffirm the assurances, stated in the original prospectus, to keep the publication inexpensive, to limit the advertising to the cost of production, and to seek in every reasonable way to develop advertising support of existing publications." Since 1958 the Calendar has grown far beyond these limitations originally imposed to soothe apprehensive publication heads...
...anomaly of it all! In 1823 we dauntlessly announced the Monroe Doctrine at a time when we possessed the will, but lacked the power, to enforce it. Now, possessing awesome power, we lack even the will to reaffirm it, much less to enforce...