Word: commend
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...would like to express my respect for Allison Kent '99 and commend her courage for her letter "Mentally Ill Students Marginalized and Trivialized" (Oct. 12). Hopefully, any disrespect Ms. Kent has encountered at Harvard is the result of ignorance rather than bigotry. Education is the key, and letters such as hers can overcome ignorance...
...hardly expect my involvement in student government to cease. If it did, I would not consider myself a good enough member of this community. My representatives will claim to vote in my interest week after week this year. If they do, I want to let them know and commend them for it. If, instead, they vote to allocate thousands of dollars to a concert while doing nothing to get the Malkin Athletic Complex renovated or to get 24-hour, universal card-key access, they're going to hear it from...
Finally, we would like to commend HUPD for increasing patrols in the Mather-Dunster area. Police Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley has also said that he is considering setting up a police sub-station in Mather, like the one currently in the basement of Weld. We urge him to implement this as well...
...college must be cutthroat and unnerving, the experience still makes me feel very fortunate to be here. The fact is, with the committee accepting only one out of every 17 applicants these days, we should all feel that way. Next fall, we should welcome the class of 2000, and commend them for their hard work, their great credentials, and their good luck...
...right choice." Peres thanked Clinton for the support the U.S. has given Israel and said he hoped today's pact will conclude "a history of bloodshed." The agreement was signed just one day before a scheduled White House visit from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Clinton said he would commend Arafat for last week's vote by the Palestine National Council to remove language in its charter that calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Peres also had praise for the PLO for its anti-terrorist efforts: "We have to encourage the winds of peace to retract the shadows...