Word: honored
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Michael adored his brother Stelian, who was three years older -- shooting basketball in the driveway, happily wearing his hand-me-downs -- but the relationship became troubled and competitive. If Stelian made the honor society, Michael was president. If Stelian was picked for the tennis team, Michael would be named captain. Euterpe describes them as close but intense siblings. During Michael's senior year in high school, Stelian suffered a nervous breakdown and came home from Bates College. While at home, he attempted suicide. Eventually, with medication and counseling, Stelian was able to finish college. But for the next 20 years...
From the moment his white executive jet touched down on the Algiers tarmac last week, Yasser Arafat enjoyed a welcome befitting a head of state. An honor guard stood at attention under the Mediterranean sun as Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid pressed his greetings. Later the resilient chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization took his place among 20 Kings, Emirs, Presidents and other leaders who had assembled for a three-day Arab summit...
...bold display of glasnost, the Soviets honor 1,000 years of Christianity and are host to a high- powered Vatican delegation...
...exposes of faith healers, channelers, spoon benders, assorted psychics and others who prey on the gullible that Randi in 1986 became the first magician to receive a prestigious "genius" award from the MacArthur Foundation. The $272,000 that came with the honor has enabled Randi to step up his travels. He has logged 45,000 miles in the past few months alone, traveling far from his home in Plantation, Fla. In March he was in Australia, demonstrating the fraudulence of channeling, which involves a supposedly long- dead sage uttering words of wisdom through the mouth of a modern-day proxy...
...Soviet Union was suddenly a hot topic for TV reporters, as were Soviet rock music and the effect of glasnost on the Soviet press. There were tours of the Moscow subway, a visit to the first Miss Moscow beauty pageant and an interview with artists who, in honor of the summit, made plaster casts of people shaking hands...