Word: vouch
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...taking departmental classes in their first year, but those are what my adviser advised me to take—classes to help me pick my concentration. She shifted my attention from core classes and encouraged me to shop courses in departments she thought might interest me. Although I cannot vouch for the entire freshman class, I can say that my adviser steered me in the right direction. But I agree with the idea of instituting a program connecting upperclassmen with freshman in terms of advising...
Another of the elected delegates, Elizabeth W. Vorenberg, took the floor in the final minutes of the caucus to vouch for Patrick on a personal level...
What happens next? A formal IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, due March 6, is expected to conclude that the agency can no longer vouch for Iran's activities. That would pressure the Security Council to take meaningful steps when it addresses the matter next month. Tehran now has a few weeks to disclose all aspects of its nuclear program, but it has already denied IAEA requests to review documents and interview sources, and said after Saturday's vote that it would further curtail the nuclear watchdog's inspection powers...
...Despite the retraction, Hwang insists he will provide proof of his work in 10 days. Hwang maintains that he did create the groundbreaking stem cell lines from patients, and that he even provided them at the time to six researchers who can vouch for their authenticity. "What I can say for sure is that we did create patient-specific stem cells and we have source technologies to repeat them from scratch," he said, referring to the stem cells he cultured for the first time from 11 patients with diseases...
Better to accept the idea that weight control is a multifront battle, with exercise, diet, understanding physicians and patients willing to try new things all part of the campaign. "This fight is won by persistence," says Cheskin, "not extreme firepower." Longtime veterans of the weight- loss wars can certainly vouch for that. --Reported by Anna Macias Aguayo/Dallas, Melissa August/Washington, Amanda Bower/ New York, Paige Bowers/Atlanta, Dan Cray/ Los Angeles, Sarah Sturmon Dale/Minneapolis, Laura Locke/San Francisco