Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Avril, who was adviser to ousted President Jean-Claude Duvalier, said Haiti will respect all international treaties, liberties and human rights and said that "dialogue will be honored for the sake of national reconciliation...
...another respect, however, Texas is certainly not typical: it is the only state to have both an adopted son (Bush) and a native son (Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Dukakis' vice-presidential nominee) on the ballot. Bentsen has so far been especially effective in reassuring Texans who worry about Dukakis' liberalism that at least one voice in the candidate's ear understands and speaks for conservative Texas social values. In addition, Bentsen brings to the ticket two powerful assets: a grass-roots organization throughout Texas' 254 counties and a pile of money. Bentsen is simultaneously running for re- election to the Senate...
...characterize a lot of what they're experiencing -- grabbing and slapping -- as violence." In order to raise the consciousness of young daters, the project's acting troupe visits local schools and puts on skits that present alternatives to courtship altercations. For example, a jealous boy learns to respect his girlfriend's need to socialize with others, rather than accusing her of unfaithfulness...
Dukakis, whose campaign stops also feature generous reliance on the Stars and Stripes, responds that patriotism means respect for the law rather than ritual. "I can't imagine a President of the United States who knows that a bill is unconstitutional and proceeds to sign it anyway," he declared last week. "If the Vice President is saying that he would sign an unconstitutional bill, then in my judgment he is not fit to hold office." Escalating the hyperbole, Dukakis likened Bush's stance on the pledge to the wanton disregard for law revealed in the Iran-contra affair...
...crucial respect, Quayle may be much like Bush. Deferential and eager to please, Quayle is more likely to be the kind of No. 2 Bush was and yearns to clone now: blindly loyal and deeply grateful. Already the exuberant Quayle seems willing to run on the list of trivial traits the Bush camp keeps hailing him for: youth (if elected, he will be the third youngest Vice President, behind John Breckinridge and Richard Nixon); good looks (made for TV, not the silver screen -- Robert Redford may have had a point when he wrote to Quayle complaining about the overdone comparisons...