The council acted affirmatively, she said, because, "it was something the residence halls wanted."

And there is more direct precedent: In 1973, Congress affirmatively acted to cut off funds for Vietnam.

He said such a decision was best left to Congress, which he urged to act affirmatively.

Nevertheless, the Constitution mandated that the new government would go into effect when nine of the 13 states acted affirmatively.

"But we're still acting affirmatively, giving people a chance to be excellent."

Third, the United States can act affirmatively to strengthen the neighboring countries that are under such pressure from South Africa.

In fact, the Arms Export Control Act provides that Congress must act affirmatively only to block a sale.

If it is otherwise, it will be because our citizens have lost the capacity to act affirmatively and to control their individual addictions.

On that score, Dean Kagan suggested, shouldn't we be acting affirmatively to encourage men to care more about public service endeavors.

It was a pattern that would characterize his entire presidency: The Clinton administration neglected nearly every obvious imperative to act affirmatively to combat terrorism.