Word: respectibility
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...Perhaps my views qualify me as a nationalist. Personally, I have always thought of myself as trying to understand China and explain what the Chinese point of view might be. I have loved my international upbringing precisely because understanding - and appreciating - diverse cultural perspectives helps me overcome misconceptions, respect others and settle differences. The Sichuan earthquake, tragic as it was, has shown the world the compassionate face of Chinese nationalism. The human spirit underpins it and connects...
...allies have plenty to build on: fabulous petroleum wealth, ironclad political stability and an increasingly confident foreign policy. Will national pride get an extra boost from the country's footballers? Can they join the phalanx of Russian hockey and tennis stars who are earning the nation some international respect...
...from pursuing yours," Clinton said to a crowd that was easily two-thirds women. "To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay, and equal respect...
...fairly common knowledge by now that pre-war statements made by top officials in the Bush Administration about Iraq were exaggerated or just plain wrong, based as they were on old or faulty intelligence. In that respect, the final part of Phase II of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Report on Prewar Iraq Intelligence doesn't break any new ground. What it does do, however, is try to make the case that President Bush and his advisers deliberately disregarded conflicting intel and misled Americans on the severity of the Iraqi threat...
...real casualty in this process has been respect for the law, and for institutions," says Hakan Altinay, director of the Open Society Institute in Turkey. In light of today's ruling, he sees only a 1% chance that the AKP might scrape through its upcoming court case. "Even if you don't agree with a court verdict, you should still be able to respect its legality. But the establishment is so busy trying to stave off what it sees as the imminent danger of political Islam, it isn't calculating the longer-term damage to our soul...