Word: respecter
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Introducing Sarah Palin Although I am not a republican and do not agree with Senator John McCain's war policy on Iraq - my son was killed there - I respect Sarah Palin for her decision to keep her Down-syndrome baby [Sept. 15]. I am the father of a 28-year-old Down-syndrome daughter, whom I've cared for almost single-handedly since the death of her mother 16 years ago. My daughter has been a source of joy and hope in the midst of family setbacks. Even if Palin does not win the election, she at least...
Although I am not a Republican and do not agree with Senator John McCain's war policy on Iraq - my son was killed there - I respect Sarah Palin for her decision to keep her Down-syndrome baby [Sept. 15]. I am the father of a 28-year-old Down-syndrome daughter, whom I've cared for almost single-handedly since the death of her mother 16 years ago. My daughter has been a source of joy and hope in the midst of family setbacks. Even if Palin does not win the election, she at least has put a new face...
...Wall Street's woes and Israel's basketball win over the Czech team before announcing offhandedly that he was resigning. Several hours later he dropped his resignation letter off at the President's residence. The normally loquacious Olmert summed up his resignation in two sentences. Peres later said, "I respect the dignified manner in which [Olmert] is transferring authority...
Holding a dog-eared copy of the Constitution, a document which Ginsburg said she carries at all times, she pointed out the attached Declaration of Independence as a treatise showing the country’s respect for “what the rest of the world thought.” But she also suggested that the United States may have forgotten the importance of international opinion, citing a recent New York Times article about the decreased influence of Supreme Court decisions overseas...
...different as we are in the way we approach some very hard questions, the court is a genuinely collegial place—more collegial than any law faculty,” said Ginsburg to laughter and applause. “And we genuinely like and care, not just respect, but care about each other...