Word: honors
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...Wednesday, Iran officially celebrated the 30th anniversary of the taking of the U.S. Embassy in central Tehran, a day formally designated as "Students' Day" in honor of the several university students killed during the course of the 1979 Revolution. It also resonates because it was a group of university students who stormed and took the embassy on that rainy November morning three decades ago, thus setting the stage for the ongoing U.S.-Iranian conflict and "cold...
...geared more toward social rewards or their legacy than the promise of paradise in the afterlife? Yes. We in the West tend to overemphasize belief in such things as heaven, hell, the Messiah, etc. as a motivator for religious actions. The most important element, by far, is social approval, honor, acceptance by the group, the love of a spiritual master and all the joys that go with these...
...violent crimes committed on the basis of a victim’s sexual orientation. The definition of hate crime under existing legislation had only included crimes perpetrated because of a victim’s race, color, religion, or national origin. The passage of the hate-crimes law, named in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student from Wyoming who was brutally murdered 11 years ago, was a long-overdue addition to a valuable set of protective laws...
...trustees have been unstintingly generous with their time and expertise ... we hope that their ongoing efforts will help to ensure a happy and stable future for our two young stars," he said in a statement. "For that to happen, the children's families will, however, need to honor their part of the bargain, and we are disappointed that Azhar and Rubina's school attendance remains patchy...
...There are a lot of great guys on that list,” Luft said. “It is an honor to be up there with those kinds of people...