Word: respecter
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...disbanding, concerned that the loyalties of its members are uncertain. Hamad thinks this is a mistake. "Some of these people helped al-Qaeda [only] because they needed the funds," he said. "All they have known for four years is war. If the government doesn't treat them with respect and help give them jobs, they will go back...
...year-old Prime Minister, they will do so largely without relish. Aiming to gauge the nation's mood by traveling the country to speak to men and women from all walks of life, TIME found that while many are fed up with her government, nearly all concede a grudging respect for Clark. "She hasn't dropped a pass," says Stuart Wright, a sheep and potato farmer in Sheffield, west of Christchurch. Like Wright, Ken Arthur, a winegrower in Blenheim at the top of the South Island, wants Labour ousted. But he respects the P.M. as a straight talker...
...myself in anguish over the fact that my dad and I will vote differently in November. Why does it seem so intolerable? I fear that something cultural - and quite dangerous - is at work. In our public discourse, Americans can't seem to discuss and debate issues with anything approaching respect or intellectual honesty. We oversimplify, we distort, we dismiss. We turn the challengers into enemies. And when that madness infects our private discourse, our family members become foes. Not good for family harmony - and not a very wise way to go about choosing a world leader. Mitch Neuger, SAN FRANCISCO...
...Lakers game or sends Kobe to the showers early, all of Los Angeles will be calling for his head. The refs need more than a leader with an impressive résumé, and Johnson knows it. "I told the referees that our challenge here is winning the respect and trust of our customers," he says. "I want to perform our way out of this...
...think of an example where I've not been able to at least get someone to understand where I'm coming from. They may ultimately disagree, but they disagree from a position of respect and understanding. It takes a little bit of explanation [to show] that we're defending the First Amendment, that [the Constitution] is the long-term beneficiary...