Word: honored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sense of human deceny or commitment to the common good, would place their own personal advancement by means of the monopoly of their own little ethnic turn above the harmony of their society. And, psychologically, such ethnic revivals are pathetic attempts to enhance a doubted sense of dignity and honor at the expense of others less fortunate and more vulnerable...
...above the law." Then Parker turned pussycat. He meekly accepted the prearranged deal, fining Helms $2,000 and suspending a two-year sentence. Outside the court, Helms declared: "I don't feel disgraced at all." Added Williams: "He is going to wear this conviction like a badge of honor. He'll wear it like a banner...
...Parti Québ&3233;cois a year ago, Québec's Premier Rene Lévesque was embraced last week with rare homage. President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing invested Lévesque, to his surprise, as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and assured him of France's "understanding, confidence and support," whatever Québec's future course. At the National Assembly, Lévesque's arrival was via the Napoleon steps, an entrance last used by Louis XVIII in 1814, and he was accorded the unusual honor...
...that defeated Yale in 1890. It was a supreme gridiron effort, as the Elis had triumphed in every game from 1876 to 1889 and the Yale squad that year included immortals W.W. "Pudge" Heffelfinger and Lee McClung. In commemoration of Comnock's triumph, a plaque was erected in his honor on Soldiers Field -- hence Comnock Fields...
INSTEAD OF THIS AFFIRMATION of the principle that no man stands above the law, the nation witnessed a defiant Richard Helms asserting his belief that the no contest plea represented a "badge of honor" that he would proudly wear in the twilight of his career. The reasons for this personal view seem incomprehensible, outside of a well-honed arrogance for judicial process. Richard Helms committed perjury, and he did so knowing that his oath to protect the nation's intelligence secrets in no way excused this crime. Anything less than a full accounting of such unconscionable behavior by a high...