The inability to adopt is one of many legal and financial inequalities the Sheltons face because their state and the federal government do not recognize their union, which they affirmed in a ceremony almost 11 years ago.
The Hollywood spotlight may not exactly be the place for shrinking violets, but this year's batch of Best Picture nominees is marked by the swagger with which they depict, affirm, assert, represent.
In late November, a group of gamers and programmers participated in an online "Self-Care Jam," in which they made affirming ephemera for the Web, including a video game intended to teach people to take care of themselves in the morning and a @selfcare_bot that tweets hourly affirmations ("No matter what, you need to do what's best for you").
Rather, on her view knowledge and belief are ideas that are distinguished by origin, clarity, distinctness, and the means by which they are affirmed.
A study in the journal Pediatrics found that gay and lesbian youth were more likely to attempt suicide when they were in social environments that offered little support compared to situations in which they had positive networks that affirmed their humanity (including gay-straight alliances and anti-bullying policies specifically protecting gays and lesbian students in schools).
A minute later they are on an official date, but one during which both affirm that they are committed to not being committed.
It's also not hard to envision a future version of Sweep that analyzes a user's finances and tells them which Affirm loans they can or cannot afford to take out.
In the great industrial centres — Mons, Liége, Charleroi — the workmen have already left their work, carrying with them the tools which, their leaders affirm, they will not employ again for several weeks, unless the Government capitulates by appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of electoral reform.
What language will we find in which to affirm difference without affirming discord?
made the public comments that Giuliani did yesterday (which he affirmed this morning), they would be immediately fired.
