Word: respecting
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Sundquist says their collaboration is “not merely a political union, but one of mutual respect...
...typically occurs: The mongoose enters a death-tango with the cobra. The University of California, Los Angeles policeman tasers students in the library. This is nature. However, as human beings, we have the ability to overcome nature’s imperatives through the use of civilizing institutions like mutual respect, and porta-potties. The tailgate didn’t achieve much, but the peaceful existence of a high concentration of police and students was a kind of success...
...have great respect for the heroes who reflect Asia's true spirit by shaping history and touching humanity in humble ways. Most of those on your list are in that category. But I found it rather disturbing that you included the richest man in Asia, business magnate Li Ka-shing. Li's great wealth hardly qualifies him as a hero in my book. As an Asian, I would like to think that while our continent's emergence as a global powerhouse is symbolized by the superlative wealth of businessmen like Li, there are many other heroes representing the genuine spirit...
...respect Amadi and Kyle because they are genuine leaders who have not traveled the anointed path to leadership. On a campus long-wracked by tensions along gender lines, Amadi was one of those who pushed for the long-overdue realization of a Women’s Center on campus, through the UC and the pages of The Crimson. Where others, blinded by their own privilege or rendered silent by the lingering stigma of class that quietly stratifies Harvard’s student body, remained silent on problems like the exorbitant cost of academic books, Amadi put forward and secured funding...
...Putin has said repeatedly he respects the constitution that requires him to step down. But changing the constitution's two-term limit on the presidency requires only a vote by two-thirds of the heavily controlled Duma, and two-thirds of the heavily controlled Federation Council (upper house) and a similar margin of votes by regional governors, all appointed by the Kremlin. Putin, presumably, will respect any such revisions to the Constitution...