However, there's certainly something affirmative and cathartic about the experience.
Even a simple concept like "yes" might be expressed in dozens of different ways — including "yes," "ya," "yup," "yeah," "yeayuh," "yeppers," "yessirree," "aye, aye," "mmmhmm," "uh-huh," "sure," "totally," "certainly," "indeed," "affirmative," "fine," "definitely," "you bet," "you betcha," "no problemo," and "okeydoke" — and what's the rule in that?
There are certainly arguments against affirmative action programs, among them that categorizing people by race or sex reproduces the very discrimination such programs seek to counter.
And though Davis has had some interest in the job before -- he asked committeemen to slate him after the stricken John Stroger was removed from the ballot in the summer of 2006 -- he hasn't been deeply engaged in local issues, and he certainly lacks an affirmative record of doing battle with the Chicago machine.
Certainly the Supreme Court has handed affirmative action a decisive victory (editorial, June 24).
We certainly do not believe that affirmative action is a reason to give less than our all.
"Certainly, in exchange for the affirmative relief program there will be more buildup at the border".
Affirmative action questions are certainly on the minds of the nine high court justices, since on Oct. 31 they will hear for a second time a case challenging limited racial preferences in a federal transportation contracting program.
When this fourth question is answered strongly in the affirmative, you will almost certainly need outside help.
While this is certainly an important question, even an affirmative answer does not prove that an REC system "works".
And the plaintiffs, surely unhappy that the affirmative equity decision yielded a small portion of the money sought under the rejected adequacy decision, will certainly renew their efforts.
