Word: respectibility
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...atmosphere of politeness , says Thomas, comes from a basic respect for the institution. "People know they are working on something bigger than all of us, something that is going to be here when we are gone," he says. "So you don't get these kinds of personal reactions where people are saying they are upset, emotionally hurt about this or that. They might be exasperated. We are human beings. But in the end we realize this is not about...
...easy to convince a nation or a world to respect, much less support, institutions committed to challenging society’s fundamental assumptions. But it is our obligation to make that case: both to explain our purposes and to achieve them so well that these precious institutions survive and prosper in this new century. Harvard cannot do this alone. But all of us know that Harvard has a special role. That is why we are here; that is why it means so much...
...tour the History of the World together, with Rob Thomas as our guide!” this video seems to scream. You have reservations about this. What of historical integrity? Of respect for the dead and gone? “Nonsense!” chuckles the video. And so begins the band’s latest video mastercraft: a rapid-fire history lesson from the 1960s through today. Rob Thomas heralds the birth of Modern Time with delicate overhead claps, jamming in the NASA control center while Neil Armstrong bounces like a lunar Tigger in the background...
...books draw a decisive line between the sexes, firmly sequestering them in enemy camps. Listed between the two books above is “Why Men Love Bitches,” a book that shows women how to become more desirable while losing any remnants of decency and self-respect. While in other genres the differences in male and female readership aren’t as clearly drawn, they still exist. A recent survey in The Guardian asked men and women to name the books most personally important to them. The results found that men were drawn to books about...
...Then Petraeus declared: "You have my word that you will be treated with the utmost dignity and respect, and that you will not be physically or mentally mistreated while under my custody...