Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...masters and co-masters of Harvard's 13 Houses wrote a letter to The Crimson, published yesterday, in which they committed themselves to supporting "the principles of tolerance and mutual respect" that apply to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation...
...deeply saddened today by the death of Matthew Shepard," Georgi wrote. "We can redouble our efforts to ensure that Leverett House is a place where different people...can join together as a family, in mutual respect and affection...
...imminent because he will give the agreement legitimacy on the Israeli side," says a close aide of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. With this in mind, Palestinian negotiators have been conducting a quiet dialogue with Sharon over the past year. Although they have disagreed with him, he has earned their respect, unlike Netanyahu, who is widely distrusted...
...high U.S. churchman reiterated last week that her canonization is seen as honoring the Shoah's Jewish victims. Indeed, early in this decade, it sometimes seemed that John Paul, who lost good Jewish friends to Hitler, would do almost anything to stamp out anti-Semitism and promote an honest respect between faiths. In the past year, however, it has become clearer that when such goals collide with the prerogatives and good name of his own house--the naming of saints, the reputations of his predecessors or even of the wartime church as a whole--his enthusiasm may have its limits...
...supporters, his family, his office and the country through a long, painful process. If he had the moral courage to do the right thing, he would spare us this pain. He would resign. Perhaps, like Richard Nixon, he might eventually have a chance to earn a measure of our respect again. Unfortunately, resignation is not likely. This is not about sex; it is about moral courage, and President Clinton doesn't have it. RICHARD G. SMURTHWAITE Bountiful, Utah...