Word: respecting
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...delighted to see an interesting salt-and-pepper mix with a few pure white streaks around my face, which I call nature's highlights. I think it's sexy, and I'm blessed with a husband who thinks so too. It's not hair color that earns you respect; it's belief in yourself. Violet Forsyth, LAWRENCE, KANS...
...Monday, the Iraqi government announced that it was revoking the license of Blackwater USA, the private security firm, to operate in the country. This came after the reported killing of eight Iraqi civilians by Blackwater employees. The United States government should respect the wishes of the Iraqi government and cease to employ Blackwater security forces in Iraq. Furthermore, the practice of using private security forces in the place of U.S. soldiers should be halted altogether.According to the Department of Defense, which overseas all branches of the military, there are currently about 129,000 private contractors in Iraq, of all nationalities...
...legitimate soccer powerhouse. “The last year and a half, we’ve been trying to establish Harvard as one of the big names in college soccer,” Hahn said. “These two games are critical in trying to get that respect.” Though the increased national attention has its benefits—a heavier stake in recruiting key soccer players, to name just one—the Crimson is making sure to stay focused on the team’s mantra of “one game at a time...
Furthermore, from a public policy standpoint, encompassing both international and domestic concerns, little separates the major Democratic candidates. This is especially true with respect to health care reform and Iraq. The few stated differences that do exist are rendered inconsequential by the question of whether or not the proposed policies are even politically feasible. Any notion of meaningful policy differences between the major candidates residing in voters’ minds are attributable to their prejudices against one or another candidate and politicians’ skills in making small or nonexistent distinctions appear important...
...fitting that the first official day of campaigning for the presidency of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) - and at least temporarily, the prime ministership - should come Sept. 17, on keiro no hi, or "Respect for the Aged Day." Japan's political old guard, shunted aside under just-resigned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is back with a vengeance, and the consensus pick to be the next leader of Japan is a 71-year-old veteran who was rejected last year in part because he was considered too elderly. Yasuo Fukuda, an LDP Diet member who'd disappeared into...