Word: honored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jimmy Carter likes to tell the story about a drunk hauled into a Georgia court, accused of starting a hotel fire while smoking in bed. He admits being drunk but denies igniting the blaze. "Your honor," he tells the judge, "the bed was already on fire when...
...generation, the educated young of the U.S. have been taught to deride or satirize the heroic. It is moving to watch their rapt attention at Terra Nova, for they are famished for models of honor. - T.E.K...
...Philip Brooks House (PBH) Faculty Committee recently named an office in PBH for Charles P. Whitlock, associate dean of the Faculty for special projects, in honor of his resignation from the committee after 17 years of service...
...What They Were Hunting For," is the least satisfying part of the book. The "hunt" is for a new state capital, to replace the inaccesible town of Juneau. The politicians and businessmen of Anchorage an Fairbanks have ruled out each other's cities, because each group wants the new honor that it, the resulting power and additional revenue additional revenue to fall on its own city. With literally no alternate choices, the politicians decide to build a new capital, grimly citing the example of Brasilia, a city built in the wilderness because "various parts of Brazil despise one another...
...going to have our own program. I think students and alumni should be able to rally around their athletic teams. For me, it's a tremendous honor to be associated with Harvard," McLaughlin says...