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An echo answered in the affirmative: cave cave cave cave .

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Wen replied in the affirmative, saying he was “going to stop.”

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A full count of castes promises a sharper picture of who truly benefits from affirmative action and who is left behind.

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Since taking his seat in 2005, he has been central to rulings that eliminated affirmative action, elevated religious-exercise rights, limited federal regulatory authority and, of particular focus now, expanded presidential power.

Unmentioned, though, is Israel’s direct, nondiscriminatory, affirmative nurturing of Israeli Arab families.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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