Word: honoring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...usually by politicians, businessmen or criminals who want to scare rivals into submission. Aguilar was highly trained for the ring's SWAT-style ops--to fly single-engine planes, for instance, and belay from a helicopter. "We weren't like the sloppy ransom kidnappers," he says. "We had an honor code...that dictated that you don't commit violence if you don't have...
While this arrangement makes sense for Monsanto, it works only if farmers honor it--something that's difficult to police in the U.S. and almost impossible in the developing world. Now, however, Monsanto hopes to enforce biologically what it can't enforce contractually. With the help of clever genes currently in development, future Monsanto crops may be designed with a new feature in mind: sterility. No sooner will the company's plants mature than the seeds they carry will lose the ability to reproduce...
While I laud Greene's misguided attempt to honor the Oak and point out the dangers of Sprewell in a Knick uniform, it would be a shame for his readers to come away with a false impression of the man who played with gritty integrity. WILLIAM O. RECKLER...
...There was a time when it would be a great honor to see one's son or daughter elected to office or hold a high appointed position," he said. "Today, however, the status of the politician has sunk drastically relative to just a decade...
...question for hot companies like Volcom, whose stone T shirts currently hold the honor of being the most ripped-off items from Orange County surf shops, is how to make the transition from small, sizzling firm to legitimate, stable business--and still respect the stone...