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In the centuries since French celebrities began washing up on its shores, Russia has used them to affirm itself as a center of European culture, as well as to poke its finger in the eye of Western nations.

Century of Progress provided an opportunity for the Adler Planetarium to seek an appropriate balance between spectacle and cultural credibility, while affirming itself as a full-fledged astronomy museum.

He is reported to have said that there are too many immigrants arriving in the country who "should not be there". "It is not that Islam poses a problem in the sense that it is a dangerous religion, but in as far as it wants to affirm itself as a religion of the Republic," reads some of the quotes from the controversial book.

"It is not that Islam poses a problem in the sense that it is a dangerous religion, but in as far as it wants to affirm itself as a religion of the Republic," reads some of the quotes from the controversial book.

The Godfather is a temptation of Christ for Nietzschean times – when the Don is dead, will-to-power affirms itself as a "yes!" to criminal life.

In the context of the 21st century global politics -- as the Chinese renaissance affirms itself as the world's major factor of change -- the apprehension it generates around China and beyond, in the West, has to be defeated before it induces the follies of confrontation.

Negative community needs enemies--it needs scapegoats--in order to sustain itself as a community and affirm its own honor.

But before I say more, I want to affirm as forcefully as I can that I completely support Israel and its right to exist, live peacefully, and thrive.

The Supreme Court affirmed this position as recently as 2000, in Bush v. Gore.

The judgment therefore must be affirmed as to both or as to neither.

Those judgments were subsequently reversed on error, by the circuit court, as to Marvin, and affirmed as to the other defendants.