Word: respected
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel we have to respect everybody, and if something's offensive to one person in the community, then we have to pay attention to it," McGrath said last night...
...gays are not welcome but are actively persecuted in the armed forces. Harvard University's Faculty Council departs from this view, urging rather "all students and officers of instruction and administration to assure that the principles of toleration and respect for others are preserved in this community." Can there be any further debate about the compatibility of these two institutions...
...accepting membership into the University, we join here a community, says the Resolution, "ideally characterized by free expression...respect for the dignity of others, and openness to constructive change." This said, is there anything else to debate? Jarrett Barrios '90-'91 Julie Schulman '91 Co-chairs, Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Students Association
Considering the respect that Nightline and 48 Hours have won within the TV industry, and the millions of people who regularly watch the shows, it may be that network executives are ready to admit something that viewers know instinctively. Audiences who see satellite-fed video headlines round the clock on every channel may be ready for something more substantial at the dinner hour...
Politicians are blissfully silent on Thanksgiving. Such restraint is appropriate for a holiday that commemorates one of the rare occasions when the white man treated the Indian with dignity and respect. But public officials may also be chastened by the experience of Franklin Roosevelt, the only modern President to try to tamper with Thanksgiving. Back in 1939, Roosevelt touched off a patriotic uprising when he issued a proclamation unilaterally shifting Thanksgiving from the then customary last Thursday in November (the 30th) to the fourth Thursday (the 23rd) as a way of granting Depression-era merchants a longer Christmas selling season...