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...live right here in North House. Unconvinced, the officer scrutinized us as another officer was calling in the license plates. Having noticed many people in North House staring out of their windows, I pointed to the dorm and waved, attempting to get one of my housemates to come vouch for me and, if need be, witness what might happen to us. No one came downstairs, but a few waved back...
...ESPP junior tutorial has...enroll[ed] undergraduates and graduates in a two-to-one ratio," Segal wrote in the Environmental Action Committee's annual environmental audit of Harvard. "As a member of the tutorial, I can personally vouch for the fact that this unique approach is exciting and rewarding...
Most of the movie is consistent with what I have heard and read about Malcolm X, but I can in no way vouch for its historical accuracy. I was, however, startled by the extent to which the man portrayed was the man I had known, if only briefly, 30 years before. I could not distinguish the actor from the man. Of course, we all tend to see what we expect to see. And we can adjust our memories to fit what we now think to be the facts. But the Malcolm X in the movie is the Malcolm with whom...
...same time, crediting others with good intentions is a subtle way of claiming them for yourself. After all, it is hardly necessary to vouch for the good intentions of Lyndon Johnson, who wanted to spend billions fighting poverty. The one who needs credit for good intentions is Bush, who says such efforts are unnecessary or even destructive and -- by a remarkable coincidence -- the true solutions to the problems of the ghetto are those that ask virtually nothing of the white middle class. Naturally Bush would like to stipulate good intentions all around...
Petch also said the signs have brought much attention, mostly from the press. "Several people have asked up for bumper stickers," Petch said. "Someone said we'd been seen on Japanese television, though I can't vouch for that...