Word: respectable
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Long accustomed to public respect and support for their schools, college and university officials were taken aback last year by two major legislative defeats. These defeats seemed to indicate that Congressmen were beginning to view higher education "as just any other special interest...
...leader," Groome says. "She commands respect. She keeps a low profile but she's very personable. She puts a lot of pressure on herself and deals with it well...
Even though the match will not have any implications on the EITA title, there are certain reasons why a Harvard-Yale match is still important. "Tradition and respect. We respect them, and they respect us." Robson added...
...ugly as "racist" is a step that should not be taken lightly. Unfortunately, Boyd seems to have no qualms in doing so. I like to think that people form their political beliefs after careful thought about issues and policies that are important to them. Such choices should be respected. This respect for others' political beliefs lies at the very core of a functioning pluralistic political system. It is ludicrous to imply that every person who happens to favor smaller government, stronger national defense, or a less regulated economy is also a racist. At best, Boyd is thumbing his nose...
...contras pose no real threat while in the same breath they point to devestating damage inflicted by the US-backed rebels? Rushdie is trapped by contradictions that he never even sees. In a country of boy soldiers who are "already so familiar with death that they have lost respect for it," in a country that has lost the equivalent of an entire year's production to war the causes of conflict beg to be addressed...