Indeed, my decision is about affirming the principles that have shaped my career.
A bit of Ben & Jerry's attitude, in short, is being transferred to a $45 billion company, affirming the principles that Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield have advocated since they started their company in a Vermont gas station in 1978.
He sincerely admired the institutions and liberal policies of Great Britain he accepted a knighthood (1897) and once declared that he would be proud to see a Canadian of French descent affirming the principles of freedom in the British Parliament yet he would never agree to any dilution of Canadian autonomy.
Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissent, affirming the principle of equal rights and the color blindness of the Constitution, has worn far better.
[Page C1.] But the opinion was also hailed by federal and state officials for affirming the principle that Microsoft had bullied smaller software rivals, computer makers and other large companies like the chip maker Intel, and had broken the law in ways that stifled competition.
It was a unanimous 1986 Supreme Court decision, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the court's most conservative judge, that endorsed a vast expansion of the law, broadly affirming the principle that an employer is liable for the actions of a supervisor who sexually harasses a subordinate, as well as endorsing the idea that a "hostile work environment" constituted harassment.
It is not career-threatening for two of the country's hottest young actors to star in a sincere, affectionate (and, to British eyes, excruciating) movie-comedy, "Keeping the Faith", in which a trendy young rabbi and priest in New York end up affirming the principle of priestly celibacy.But finding real-life priests who are willing to be celibate, let alone trendy, is another matter.
Washington's greatest wartime legacy was his decision to surrender his commission to Congress, affirming the principle of civilian control of the military in the new United States.
The deal affirms the principles of free speech and multiparty democracy, but it also appears to declare Mr. Mugabe's disastrous land reform untouchable.
Lynn Snyder Berkeley, Calif., March 2 , 2009 To the Editor: As the final head of the Faith-Based and Community Initiative under President George W. Bush, I want to affirm the principles we followed: Direct federal dollars must never finance proselytizing or other religious activities.
The charter affirms the principles set forth in the International Bill of Human Rights including, for example, the right to liberty and security of persons, equality of persons before the law, protection of persons from torture, the right to own private property, freedom to practice religion, and freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
