"C'est moi, n'est-ce pas?" And receiving an answer
in the affirmative, Stepan Arkadyevitch, forgetting the favor he had meant to ask of Lidia Ivanovna, and forgetting his sister's affairs, caring for nothing, but filled with the sole desire to get away as soon as possible, went out on tiptoe and ran out into the street as though from a plague-stricken house.
Anna Karenina
In a hurried manner, he replied
in the affirmative.
Sense and Sensibility
And the third, simulation,
in the affirmative; when a man industriously and expressly feigns and pretends to be, that he is not.
The Essays
Natasha quietly repeated her question, and her face and whole manner were so serious, though she was still holding the ends of her handkerchief, that the major ceased smiling and after some reflection- as if considering in how far the thing was possible- replied
in the affirmative.
War and Peace
The landlady answered
in the affirmative, saying, "There were a great many very good quality and gentlefolks in it now.
The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
Many lawyers routinely file a boilerplate reply along the lines of "the plaintiff denies all of the defendant's affirmative defenses and demands strict proof thereof." Spector and Turner explain that such a reply is a waste of time, since plaintiffs are deemed to have denied the factual allegations
in the affirmative defenses.
Florida Affirmative Defenses and Procedural Objections, 2015 ed
Review your office's historical data
in the affirmative claims management program.
2009 agreement with TRICARE
In that decision, a majority of the Court found both the use of quotas
in the affirmative action program of the University of California at Davis's medical school and the school's goal of remedying the effects of societal discrimination to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Affirmative Action Around the World: an Empirical Study
While the president's announcement and the ensuing reaction dominated the headlines, Solicitor General Theodore Olson submitted a set of briefs
in the affirmative action case that "diverged substantially from the rhetoric of the president's prime-time statement," wrote New York Tunes legal affairs analyst Linda Greenhouse.
Bush's affirmative action doublespeak. (Insider Report)
The conventional wisdom is that the Republicans are worried about alienating Hispanics and white women--a view that is not supported by polling which finds that values play as important a role as interests
in the affirmative action debate.
CREATING EQUAL: My Fight Against Race Preferences
By organizing around a demand for shared governance to guarantee academic freedom, we will draw in faculty who are currently sitting on the fence
in the affirmative action debate.
Proposition 209 and the affirmative action debate on the University of California campuses
take military action, 35% of those over 65 replied
in the affirmative, as compared with 47% of the general population.
The American peace movement and the Middle East
Recent reforms
in the affirmative action programs in the California State Civil Service illustrate why.
After affirmative action: life under an executive order suggests the future of affirmative action in a post-CCRI California
The decision to exclude Asian-Americans is also troubling since Asians play a poignant role
in the affirmative action debate as a minority group generally believed to be hurt by race-sensitive admissions.
Style, not Substance
Edley lays out three different visions
in the affirmative action debate: the colorblind vision, which repudiates both discrimination and preferences; the remedial vision, in which affirmative action is a temporary remedy to discrimination; and the diversity vision, in which affirmative action is used to foster inclusiveness, even in the absence of discrimination.
Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values