Word: honors
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...been fading especially fast in one of the most prosperous and conservative corners of the country, home to the fantasy capital of America, Disneyland, and to a host of quieter fantasies as well. For residents of Orange County, California, the most perishable myth would seem to be that honor students, computer geniuses and star athletes would make headlines only for their remarkable achievements, never for their ruthless crimes...
After police discovered the body of 17-year-old Stuart Tay, any assumptions the community held about its schools, its values and its safety could not survive the details that emerged over the next few days. In what is now being called the "Honor Roll Murder," Tay was brutally beaten by five other teenagers before he finally choked to death; three of the suspects, like Tay, were Asian Americans who were viewed as model kids and top students. The alleged mastermind, Robert Chan, 18, is expected to plead not guilty to murder charges this week. The four other defendants, Abraham...
...quite an honor to have someone as distinguished as Marian Wright Edelman as our Class Day Speaker," Prasad said. "She serves as a role model to not only the Class of '93 but to anyone who believes in balancing a strong professional career with a strong family...
Commerce Secretary-designate Ronald Brown was all set to be the guest of honor at a lavish Kennedy Center gala for which a group of corporations were reportedly asked to ante up $10,000 apiece. Among them were Anheuser-Busch, J.C. Penney and PepsiCo. Brown apparently failed to see any prospective conflict of interest, until the press and Clinton himself thought otherwise. Brown canceled...
...that we might almost say silence is the tribute we pay to holiness; we slip off words when we enter a sacred space, just as we slip off shoes. A "moment of silence" is the highest honor we can pay someone; it is the point at which the mind stops and something else takes over (words run out when feelings rush in). A "vow of silence" is for holy men the highest devotional act. We hold our breath, we hold our words; we suspend our chattering selves and let ourselves "fall silent," and fall into the highest place...