Word: renew
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although we quite sensibly renew our belief in these ideals by periodically reinvoking Jefferson's words, we ought always to remember that his statements, along with the Constitution and the other institutions the founders created, have been expanded and developed by more than two centuries of historical experience, an experience that is the real wellspring of our democracy. It's time we realize that our founding is not the source of our political and constitutional achievement. We owe our success to the common sense of the American people throughout our entire history, and our continued success will depend upon that...
...rain which drizzled throughout the early morning hours June 10 let up in time for United Nations Secretary-General and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan to urge members of the Class of 2004 to renew America’s commitment to a rule-based international system, in his Commencement address in Tercentenary Theatre...
...carrier. The country he courted and finally won over in 1980 was a dispirited place, humiliated abroad, uncertain at home, with a hunger for heroes but little faith that they could make any difference. But you can, he told us. I am not the hero, you are. "Let us renew our faith and our hope," he declared in his first Inaugural Address. "We have every right to dream heroic dreams." And he would serve as Dreamer in Chief. "What I'd really like to do," he said after six months in the White House, "is go down in history...
...rain which drizzled throughout the early morning hours today let up in time for United Nations Secretary-General and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan to urge members of the Class of 2004 to renew America’s commitment to a rule-based international system, in his Commencement address in Tercentenary Theatre...
...Jakarta has apparently decided it has had enough of the ICG's warts-and-all reports. Last week, the government refused to renew work permits for Jones and an expatriate staff member. Indonesia's powerful intelligence czar, A.M. Hendropriyono, told the press that Jones' reports had tarnished the image of the country and that "many were untrue." Jones, who has written for TIME, says she's not sure what has upset Hendropriyono's intelligence agency, known by its Indonesian acronym BIN. "The accusations against us keep changing," she says. "First it was our reports on Aceh and Papua. The latest...