Word: honors
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...scenes, and a performance can last more than 20 hours. Witnesses to such a grandiose relic should worry less about falling asleep and more about slipping into a coma. When, in 2001, UNESCO declared Kunqu a "masterpiece" of the world's "intangible heritage" it seemed less like an honor and more like an epitaph...
...When you see a Medal of Honor, you know whatever they went through is pretty horrible. You don't congratulate anyone when you see it.' MARCUS LUTTRELL, the sole surviving member of a Navy seal squad caught in a firefight with the Taliban. On Oct. 22, President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor to the family of Lieut. Michael Murphy, who gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team...
...divorce. The worst cases, however, are those "where NRI men come to India seeking either huge dowries or 'holiday wives,'" says Singh. "If they abandon their brides and return to their adoptive countries, the brides and their families, living in a culture of patriarchy and keen to preserve their honor, often do not approach the authorities. And even if they do, there are limited legal options before them...
Reaction to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempt to honor the memory of an executed Resistance fighter speaks volumes about his relationship with French society: half the country applauded the move whereas the other half denounced it as a cynical attempt to advance his own ideological agenda. At issue is Sarkozy's decision to have every school in France stage annual Oct. 22 readings of the letter written by 17-year-old Resistance member Guy Môquet penned to his family shortly before his Nazi captors executed him in 1941. The letter begins with a tender call...
...Finally, some question Sarkozy's motives due to his belated embrace of Môquet's memory. Teachers at the Guy Môquet school say they had to lobby educational authorities for years before being allowed to change the name of the establishment in his honor. Nearly 20 years passed before anyone bothered to even notice the name change, and when they did, it came with massive media attention due to Sarkozy's recent decision. "When there's such a strong institutional pressure, you get the feeling you're being appropriated and exploited," Jérôme Muzard...