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  • A year later, the poem below was published in Affirming Flame: Progressive Texas Poets in the Aftermath of September 11th, an anthology published by Evelyn Street Press.

    9/11 Maggie Jochild 2007

  • Confusing those two things is a logical fallacy known as Affirming the Consequent.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Overturning the Roberts Court: 2009

  • Affirming the tenets of that secret reality has become an act of tribal reinforcement, the equivalent of a secret handshake.

    David Roberts: What We Have and Haven't Learned From 'Climategate' David Roberts 2011

  • Affirming that health care is a right, Dr. Tilney concludes that "The marketplace may not be an appropriate venue for the social mission of medicine."

    Gowns, Germs and Steel William Bynum 2011

  • Affirming once again that true love will triumph over casual sex, "Calls" delivers a charming, clever romance, with plenty of laughs to go around.

    John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau John Farr 2010

  • Affirming once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 1/is applicable to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,

    Matthew Yglesias » Israel’s Irrealism on Settlements 2009

  • Researchers Spent $750 million—and 52 Years—Affirming the Theory of Relativity .

    Good Thinking, Einstein Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • Affirming once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 1/is applicable to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,

    Matthew Yglesias » Israel’s Irrealism on Settlements 2009

  • Affirming Asia's rising position in global art, MCH Group, owner of the two Basel fairs, said earlier this month that it is buying a controlling stake in the Hong Kong event.

    For 2011, Art HK Grows Up and Goes Local Alexandra A. Seno 2011

  • Affirming once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 1/is applicable to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,”

    Matthew Yglesias » Israel’s Irrealism on Settlements 2009

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