Word: honored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kilroy said that Ali decided to waive his fee requirement in this case "because it is such a great honor to have been chosen by the student body on an occasion like this, and because he has been told that he will be receiving an honorary degree...
Though Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said last week that if Thieu wished asylum in the U.S. "he would of course be received," associates of the former President quoted Thieu as saying he was "very angry" with the American Government because it "did not honor its commitment to South Viet Nam." The South Vietnamese embassy in London confirmed that Thieu's twelve-year-old son is in school in England, adding to speculation that the rest of the family might move there. Another possibility is Switzerland, where Thieu is rumored to own a villa. There were reports that...
...Even Abraham Lincoln, that most convinced of democrats, argued that all the people can be fooled (or confused) some of the time: it was democracy's long-run judgment that he would bet on. He lived in an age when rhetoric had not yet been debased. "Peace with honor" was invoked to justify the Christmas bombing of North Viet Nam; "commitment" has become a disputed phrase about what Richard Nixon did or did not promise Saigon. But surely peace with honor includes a refuge for those who, with or without a proper, binding legal commitment, trusted...
Love Fest. If Ford ever should withdraw, perhaps because of the health of his wife, the Republican nomination would be up for grabs. Rockefeller would desperately need conservative support to win the honor for himself and to pursue his eternal dream of reaching the White House. Thus in any exigency, the cold logic of presidential politics dictates that Rockefeller must assuage the right-wingers who still see pink whenever they mention his name...
...help his image, Rockefeller has also been the guest of honor at a series of dinner parties arranged by Tennessee's Senator Howard Baker and Marlow Cook, a former Senator from Kentucky and now an influential Washington lawyer. The goal of the dinners is to show Senate Republicans-particularly conservative skeptics-that the Vice President is really just a misunderstood victim of his own fame. This week Rockefeller will be the grilled guest at another stag, all-business dinner given by Nebraska's Senator Roman Hruska, one of the G.O.P.'s right-hand anchors...