But whatever you want to call it, the reaction to Clinton's jacket is very much an affirmation of something ingrained in our political culture, something that former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn).
Narcissists need much more affirmation and attention than most.
Besides being in America's self-interest, a move by the Bush administration to force states to review these cases -- a treaty ratified by Congress trumps state laws under the Constitution -- would be a much-needed affirmation that Washington still believes in international law.
Within the context of Capita it is not the numbers as much as the affirmation of Capita having been selected to deliver the project that matters.
"I very much welcome this affirmation by Paulson and Steel that we need to regulate risk in ways that we haven't".
The Millions March NYC, characterized as much by deep affirmation of black life as collective outrage over that injustice, brought together people of all backgrounds to protest ongoing state violence.
It's an aspiration as much as an affirmation, a sense that Christianity still gives us a good orientation in how we should live, and that values like love, gentleness, thinking of others before self, and doing as one would be done by" still matter most.
Could I give so much without needing affirmation?
He threw himself into his work, as much for self-affirmation as to make sure the family's expenses were covered.
This interpretation resolves much of the first affirmation's puzzle.
