Word: respecting
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...divided into several categories, which narrowed the number of slots that Bush was eligible to fill. And as the pundits went on to decry the supposed snubbing of the leader of the one superpower, they failed to separate the man from the office. Bush is steadily losing the respect of the world as his record of failed policies grows. A man who has to wield the power of his office with ever increasing threats is not displaying leadership. TIME is right. Bush's actions do not qualify him for a place on the list. Linda Bleakley, Bella Vista, Arkansas...
...Americans, Moore comes across like some jolly ethnographer explaining the folkways of a backward tribe. In this respect, Sicko has played like a dream in Cannes, earning a 20-minute standing ovation. It may have done so even if Moore hadn't larded the film with adoring references to the French health system, and even if this weren't a good movie. But it is. The mix of facts and faces, outrage and sympathy, the telling anecdote and the surreal observation showcases Moore's savviness. So do his visits to Canada, Britain, France and, spectacularly, Cuba. Hearing Congressional testimony that...
...hate them. Why should I? I love playing against them. I remember when we were getting our [World Series] rings, all of them lined up in the dugout clapping. That is respect right there. When people respect you, you've got to respect them...
...respect? It's not that critics treat any game show as if it were The Sopranos. But even within the world of game shows, there's a caste system. At the bottom, of course, is National Bingo Night. At the top are the scholarly quiz shows, which reward what we are conditioned from school to think of as "learning." Somewhere in the great liked-but-not-respected middle are the daytime shows like Price made for people outside the 9-to-5 working world...
...part of Serbia, the U.S. might be too hasty seeking to have both peoples integrated into the EU before they have learned how to co-exist. Helping develop functioning - and inevitably cooperative - economies in Serbia and Kosovo might prove a necessary prerequisite. It takes time. In this respect, the likelihood of a desperate Russian veto may be a blessing in disguise for the region...