Word: respecter
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Even in his own country, Ayckbourn has never gotten the critical respect accorded contemporaries such as Tom Stoppard and David Hare. They write "important" plays about political issues or nuclear physics or Russian intellectuals. Ayckbourn's realm is more familiar: the domestic and romantic trials of modern middle-class Brits. Yet no one has probed more acutely, or with a finer balance of laughter and pain, the sad human comedy behind these tidy surfaces - the inability of people to connect, to see the casual cruelty they inflict on others, to come to terms with their failed illusions, to be happy...
...made it far more costly and difficult for the pirates to operate. "It dawned on the states that piracy is transnational and nothing that could be handled by one nation alone," says Nazery Khalid, senior fellow at the Maritime Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. "The sea doesn't respect borders...
With all due respect, I spent 40 years interacting with these so-called students—an aspect of the university I have never understood. Now, in my golden years, I ask nothing more than to relax without the incessant chatter of young ’uns, brimming with energy for no explicable reason. They will arrive, seeking pleasure on a Saturday night, and might even take sherry to the point of wooziness: for shame! They will then slur their speech and stumble about in an unrefined manner. An utter disgrace to this university! These troublemakers remain out until...
...McCurdy Track—as Ivy League rivals.“I have always believed that when the gun goes off that’s when the competition really begins,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “When you cross the line, camaraderie and respect for your opponent is really crucial. I think it’s a great experience for our student-athletes to join forces with our biggest rival, and it really adds to the tradition, and to the competition, it gives it that extra spice.”The Crimson women...
...more important in the fight against online piracy is offering users legitimate - but very cheap or even free - alternatives. In that respect, the industry deserves some credit. Competition for iTunes has toughened considerably in recent months. Spotify, which allows users to stream music for free in return for watching the odd ad online, has proved a hit since launching last October with the backing of the industry's big labels. Such services are "signs the music industry is waking up to the fact the best way to fight free isn't in the law courts, it isn't in parliament...