Word: cherishing
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Some people cherish superstitions about the bill, Ferranti-Dege employees said. "People thought they were bad luck," said James J. Casey, assistant manager at Ferranti-Dege. He said one of the reasons the bills were originally discontinued in the 1950s was because many people associated them with gambling and the underworld, partly because they were commonly used for placing two-dollar bets at racetracks...
...manner, the advice and consent of the public will certainly be felt on the Senate floor. And if the public becomes convinced that Bork's views are, as opponents charge, so far from the mainstream that they seem to threaten the rights that Americans have come to cherish, such sentiments will likewise probably prevail when the final votes are counted...
...Indian who is touring the States, I welcomed your reference to the ideals that India's constitution borrowed from the U.S.'s, particularly the fundamental rights of a citizen. Many Indians as well as Americans cherish the slogan "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty...
...more than that. Aspirational clauses are impossible to enforce unless the government runs the economy. Food, jobs, shelter and other needs of that kind are most acute in countries that can least afford to supply them, however handsomely a constitution is composed. Besides, countries like Liberia and Nigeria may cherish the most articulate aspirations, but as T.S. Eliot wrote, "between the idea and the reality . . . falls the shadow." The reality may be one of coups, civil wars and misery...
Such as your country, which, odd to admit, he hopes that you will always cherish, that you will acknowledge the immeasurable good in the place as well as the stupidities and wrongs. If public indignation over the scandals in Washington proves anything, it is that Americans remain innocent enough to believe in government by laws, and to be angered by deceit in power. He hopes that you retain and nurture that innocence, which is your country's saving grace...