Oddly, the most physical insubstantial work in the exhibition is a strong affirmation of endurance.
His fundamental point, he said on Sunday, was that there should be a strong "affirmation of whatever decision women decide to make".
The festival was a strong affirmation that you can fill a large symphony hall for two solid weeks with people eager to experience 20th-century classical music.
The majority opinion, by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., was a strong affirmation of the importance of freedom of expression, even in the face of substantial societal condemnation of the horrific nature of some of the speech involved.
But however misapplied, the court's strong affirmation of the right to vote must be embraced as a clarion call for an ambitious national reform of the way we vote.
Mitchell sees little chance of the production being put on in Britain, but is nonetheless revelling in its success, not least the strong affirmation she has received from the playwright himself, who has been to see it twice.
"The garden was designed for contemplation and healing, as well as a strong affirmation of a vision of New Jersey in which Christian, Jew and Muslim live together as citizens," said the museum's director, Mary Sue Sweeney Price.
"Something very dramatic has happened here in the last week," Mr. Carson said in an interview, calling the peaceful transition from Mr. Moi to Mr. Kibaki "strong affirmation that democracy can work in large African countries".
When Alessandro Michele of Gucci included male models wearing silk, pussy-bow blouses, and women wearing mannish tailoring in his March debut, he described it as "a pure recording of something that is happening around us: a strong affirmation of freedom, beyond cataloguing and labelling".
Dr. Val Giddings, vice president for food and agriculture at the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group of hundreds of biotech companies, said, "This is a strong affirmation of the academy's previous reports and an emphatic reaffirmation of what the industry has been saying for years, that these products are safe and subject to more regulatory scrutiny than any others in history".
