Word: honoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...common pleas court judge Lisa Richette declined to send Garfinkle to prison, sentencing him to ten years' probation. "You took care of a very sick woman. It's important that you not torture yourself. Try to go along enjoying your life," admonished Richette. Replied Garfinkle: "Thanks a million, Your Honor...
...label that sticks is determined by the tastes or even the sanity of its rulers. Anti- colonialism, however, is the most common rationale for national renaming. During the 1950s and '60s, anti-colonialism swept through the newly independent nations of Africa. The Gold Coast dubbed itself Ghana, in honor of an ancient African empire that was located hundreds of miles from the modern nation. When the Belgian Congo became independent in 1960, it renamed itself the Republic of the Congo. Eleven years later, President Joseph Mobutu rechristened it the Republic of Zaire. A year later, he took his policy...
Congressmen can also take in cash directly by giving speeches for honorariums -- a misnomer, since little honor is involved. Consider the $2,000 the Oshkosh Truck Corp. paid each of six members of the House Armed Services Committee on April 1, 1987, for coming to breakfast. The eggs had barely been digested when, a few hours later, an Armed Services subcommittee voted to purchase 500 more trucks from Oshkosh than the Army wanted...
...Rumors of cheating on January final exams spur first-year B-School students to discuss creating an honor code...
Jones was named All-America for the third time this year--she earned the same honor in cross country and indoor track. Rainey received All-America honors for her performance in the 800s...