Word: honored
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...states that put them in the Senate and be a team player with their colleagues. And that?s a tricky balance. Even while proposing lots of bills to combat spending, McCain late last year proposed $2 million to create a center at an Arizona law school in honor of former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, which some have derided as pork. Frist has recently been attacking the growth of spending in Washington, but as the Majority Leader of the Senate for the last three years, he?s been a critical player in getting bills like the Medicare prescription drug...
...President of the United States, you'd think that country would be read the riot act. Instead, Washington's response to the trial in Afghanistan of Abdul Rahman has been rather muted. President Bush said Wednesday he was deeply troubled by the case and said he expected Afghanistan to "honor the universal principle of freedom." Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns has urged the Afghan authorities to follow what he said was their own constitution's commitment to the principle of freedom of worship, but added that the U.S. was not going to get involved in the case...
...past generations. The quaint submission to one’s elders is liable to be caricatured as a dogmatic adherence to that bothersome fourth commandment, but I’d like to think it’s far more sensible than that—you might call it honor, or respect, whatever you choose to term it. As long as parents are the ones paying for room and board, my fellow students’ only right at this University is to learn or to leave.Perhaps Harvard should reevaluate the issue of co-ed housing, but I have a modest proposition...
...been sitting around moping or scheming. After winning his two medals in Turin, the speedskater has been flying from city to city, working for the charitable association Right to Play and doing three to five interviews a day.That’s not to mention all the praise and honors that have been heaped upon him.Since carrying the United States flag in the closing ceremony of the Games, Cheek has been given the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Spirit Award, appeared on the Wheaties box, and met with President Bush and House Democratic whip Nancy Pelosi.And his hometown...
...year ago last February, the Harvard College Democrats decided to do an event for Black History Month, both to honor the spirit of the month and to build ties with black student groups on campus. We gave our monthly movie night a black history focus, and got the Black Students Association (BSA), the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), and the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) to co-sponsor the event. Popcorn popped and DVD cued up, we watched as member after member of our organization flowed into the Dunster House TV room?...