But, above all, it was a night of re-affirmation for Allen Johnson and confirmation for Greece's no-longer unknown Konstadinos Kederis.
This paper brings about a conceptual and methodological framework for the study of topophilia and its enrichment in terms of development policy and actions seeking (re)affirmation of landscape-related and other territorial identity features.
The quests for the (re)affirmation of the identity of places and regions in the era of globalised economy and culture gained momentum on local and regional development research and policy agendas since the early nineties.
It would be healthy to see, through such salutary self-discipline, a re affirmation in this country of the constitutional properties and the rule of law.
The secretary of state's re-affirmation of US commitment to its allies in the Middle East follows the successful conclusion of nuclear negotiations with Iran and as Yemen becomes the latest theatre in the regional proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's leading Shia and Sunni powers.
With re-affirmation of plan A as his central theme, Mr Osborne made a speech that had great numbers, interesting new ideas and some big gaps.First, there were rosy new predictions.
Added to this is the re-affirmation of a series of rights, including to water and food, and also the Right to Development.
The religious imagery of "Ring Them Bells" struck some critics as a re-affirmation of faith.
I was desperately seeking solace in my faith after 9/11 and I returned to A Border Passage, in which Leila Ahmed explains her conception of Women's Islam which gave me hope, solace and re-affirmation of my faith.
There is the possibility, however, that this trend may be eventually reversed because the quest for religious community is also strong, and may require the formation or re-affirmation of community-identifying beliefs; i.e., of creeds or confessions.
In our opinion, the prerequisite to an ethical approach to medicine in the prison setting which respects the rules of deontology is the re-affirmation that medical decision-making must remain independent of judiciary authorities and outside the domain of forensic medicine.
