Word: honored
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...prospect of a tyrant's hand touching sacred ground" [Oct. 8]. I do not want to discuss how many tyrants the U.S. has tolerated vs. how many it has fought. But wouldn't it have been good diplomatic form to have allowed Ahmadinejad to lay a wreath in honor of all the 9/11 victims killed by Islamic fanatics? What kind of impact would his gesture have made on the dogmatic, anti-Western Muslims? Maybe New Yorkers should have waved the flag of peace first and then just waited to see what might happen. Bernhard Schroeder, FREIBURG, GERMANY...
...Rowling told Harry Potter readers that their beloved Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is gay. In honor of the Headmaster’s outing, FM lists fifteen other secrets Harry Potter and co. might be hiding. 1. Hagrid has a fear of heights. 2. Voldemort is Harry’s cousin, twice removed. And you thought your family was screwed up. 3. Neville’s toad is more than just a pet… 4. And Draco Malfoy still sleeps with a teddy bear. 5. McGonagall always had a thing for Dumbledore. Guess that’s never going...
...moral question. This expectation even applies to more low-brow matters. For Yankees fans like me, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s recent comment that he supports the Red Sox in the World Series is tantamount to blasphemy—his inconsistency and lack of honor for the traditional rivalry can only be interpreted as pandering to the pro-Sox state of New Hampshire...
...Wilson was seventeen, a football star and honor student when he was arrested in 2003. At the time of his trial, sexual intercourse between minors less than four years apart was a misdemeanor, even if one of them was younger than 16, Georgia's age of consent. But oral sex - legally considered sodomy in Georgia - carried no so-called Romeo and Juliet provision, and remained a felony in all cases if either party was under...
...It’s operated fantastically without him already,” said Mangelsdorf Professor of Natural Sciences J. Woodland Hastings, who added that Watson’s position as chancellor was created to honor his role in making the institution what it is today, but that Watson does not have the day-to-day responsibilities he had when he was director...