My understanding is that the terms legitimize the "lifestyle.". From Wordnik.com. [John Dicker: Split in the American Taliban?] Reference
It seems that Obama going on Fox does nothing to "legitimize" this channel. From Wordnik.com. [MoveOn Hammers Obama For Fox News Appearance] Reference
It's not simply that Palin's attacks "legitimize" questions about her ties to Alaskan extremists, which of course they do. From Wordnik.com. [Palin's Attack On Obama's Patriotism Legitimizes Questions About The Palins' Association With Group Founded By America-Hating Secessionist] Reference
I even find myself using buzzwords sometimes at the urging of those who say that these words "legitimize" the work that I do. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Australia filter could 'legitimize' censorship-Google. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Google Calls for Action on Web Limits] Reference
I don't need to justify or "legitimize" my religious beliefs with you or any other person. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
College / Military Industrial Complex repeating parrots are needed to "legitimize" the claims???. From Wordnik.com. [DaddyBlogger.com] Reference
Doesn't this basically "legitimize" Hezbollah (armed resistance) and leave US/Israeli policy in ruins?. From Wordnik.com. [GlobalResearch.ca] Reference
Hello Laura: yes, same mistake, IMO, different only in that the attitude does not have a specific theology to 'legitimize' it. From Wordnik.com. [internetmonk.com] Reference
The Mecca Accord had set the stage, it was meant to "legitimize" what would happen next: a Palestinian mini-civil war in Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
He says Congress should "legitimize" the status of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country but not grant them citizenship. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Ridge said Congress should "legitimize" the status of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country but not grant them citizenship. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
90In essence, Henry and Anne were attempting to "legitimize" Elizabeth through the household "politics of ostentation.". From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
That libels the past in order to legitimize the present. From Wordnik.com. [ELECTION, NOT CANONIZATION] Reference
What if election results appear to legitimize ethnic partition?. From Wordnik.com. ['People Want To Vote'] Reference
Why do anything to legitimize the Islamic radicals who run Iran?. From Wordnik.com. [So Now What, Mr. President?] Reference
They didn't create new questions so much as legitimize lingering ones. From Wordnik.com. [As in Nixon's Time, Revelations Feed War Doubts] Reference
The deaths of admired officers may help legitimize the choice for fellow cops. From Wordnik.com. [Suicide on The Force] Reference
Critics are outraged, saying the trials could legitimize a dangerous substance. From Wordnik.com. [ECSTASY: A POSSIBLE NEW ROLE FOR A BANNED CLUB DR] Reference
In Imperial China, emperors needed the Mandate of Heaven to legitimize their rule. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of The Shadows] Reference
The growing use of nail salons to hide and legitimize human trafficking activities. From Wordnik.com. [Phillip Martin: Nail Salons and Human Trafficking] Reference
Or will it simply legitimize the regime's bad behavior and feed its nationalistic fervor?. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing's Olympic Moment] Reference
But until he took office, he actively supported efforts to legitimize Taiwan as a nation. From Wordnik.com. [See Chen Run] Reference
Clinton, she says, was being used by Pinchuk "to clean up and legitimize Kuchma's legacy.". From Wordnik.com. [Here an F.O.B., There an F.O.B.] Reference
For sufferers, inclusion in the DSM would legitimize what they believe is a genuine identity trait. From Wordnik.com. [Cutting Desire] Reference
Barak: Part of it is underlying change, somehow there is a growing attempt to de-legitimize Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak] Reference
"Every Chinese dynasty amassed the art works of the past to legitimize its reign," says Chuang Shen. From Wordnik.com. [Unburied Treasures] Reference
Do you think the Iranians agreed to the Obama suggestion in order to buy time for the regime -- to legitimize it?. From Wordnik.com. [‘Peace Out of Necessity’] Reference
It encouraged him in the war against Iran and later Kuwait, so as to legitimize its own military presence in the gulf. From Wordnik.com. [SHEIK FADLALLAH] Reference
Purdue's program helps legitimize personal training, says Mike Niederpruem, ACSM's national director of certification. From Wordnik.com. [COLLEGE MAJOR: WORKOUT] Reference
We have an obligation to take action and the existence of the slave trade throughout history does not legitimize its perpetuation. From Wordnik.com. [Live Talk: Slavery in Our Times] Reference
But the communist government wanted something in return: to co-opt A-mei's popularity as a way to legitimize its claim over Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [Back In The Spotlight] Reference
The anti-mine campaign argues that such amendments only legitimize use of a weapon that should be made as unacceptable as poison gas. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Terror ..Auw-Stacy Sullivan In Sarajevo] Reference
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