Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense that everybody is pretty open. I don't find it too cliquish, really," Anderson says. "One student said that the level of tolerance and respect and interest that students expressed was kind of mutual...
...this about Rock's hip-hopping in-your-face style: "It's the yelling that makes it special. It's very easy to hear what he's saying. Beyond that, I don't see anything special about it." Among comics, such joking put-downs are the ultimate display of respect...
...Timor because Indonesia was its key southeast Asian ally during the Cold War. Over the next decade, Washington routinely voted against U.N. resolutions recognizing East Timor's independence and urging Indonesia's withdrawal. With Cold War concerns a thing of the past, however, the U.S. now wants Indonesia to respect the will of East Timor's people as expressed democratically through August's referendum. But Indonesia's economic and political centrality to the region, and its potential instability, make Washington cautious about applying pressure on Jakarta over East Timor...
...enthusiastic report from your kids in the first few weeks. Keep checking in regularly and listen carefully to what they say--and to what they don't say. "Don't forget to acknowledge your kids' courage in facing this new situation and tell them you understand it and respect them," Sheras warns. You could also lighten their load by telling your kids about your own first day as the "new kid" at your new job. "Today I couldn't find the bathroom and forgot my boss's name--how did it go for you?" might be a good start...
...breeds character and replaces selfishness with esprit de corps. Even now, McCain, 63, seems unable to forgive himself for his "failure" to resist longer before signing a confession, declaring himself a "black criminal." "In prison," he writes, "where my cherished independence was mocked and assaulted, I found my self-respect in a shared fidelity to my country...