Word: honors
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...deeply disturbed by your film criticism. There was a time when your reviews and Top 10 lists, no matter how long-winded or pretentious, were at least honest. After the publication of your farcical list of movie picks, you cannot lay claim to this honor any longer. Going global may work fine for news coverage, but it is certainly not a proper creed for reviewing movies. NABEEL QURESHI Karachi, Pakistan...
...chemical munitions, we must return to first principles. The "syndrome" is a beast with many heads. It's not likely that one factor--even exposure to chemical weapons-- caused all the illness we see among our newest group of U.S. veterans. Quick answers are unlikely. Meanwhile, we must honor this nation's commitment to care for people with lingering health problems that have come about as a result of their military service. JOHN F. SOMMER JR., Executive Director American Legion Washington...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was Washington, and Bob Dole was being honored, but not perhaps in the way he had long hoped. With the Presidential Medal of Freedom around his neck, Dole stood Friday in the White House he'd failed to claim and said: "I, Robert J. Dole ... " As East Room erupted in laughter, Dole continued dryly: " ... do solemnly swear. Uh, wrong speech." Just three days before Clinton will utter that same oath, he awarded his election opponent the nation's highest civilian honor. Dole was clearly moved when Clinton said: "Son of the soil, citizen, soldier and legislator...
CATANZARO, Italy: When 7-year-old American Nicholas Green was murdered two years ago by highway bandits as he slept in the back seat of his parents' rented car, his family reacted in a stunningly gracious manner. In a move which won them Italy's highest civil honor, the Greens donated their son's heart, liver, kidneys and pancreas for transplant, saving seven lives and securing their place in the affections of this organ donor-poor country. But the ultimate compensation -- justice -- eludes them still. A court has acquitted the two men charged in the shooting death, agreeing with...
...under the autonomy agreement, was to be done by this coming September. TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer reports that the agreement itself is not a major commitment for Netanyahu. "It is a hard step for him, a big step, but Netanyahu said during the campaign he intended to honor the Oslo accords. What will be a big deal is when -- and if -- he actually implements what he has committed himself to." If Arafat and Netanyahu shake on the deal and the chief negotiators initial the agreement on Wednesday, Beyer says the Israeli cabinet and Knesset could ratify...