Word: valorize
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...petticoat government" was how one 18th century British observer described the workings of the Cherokee Indian tribe. Not only were women influential with the tribal elders, but those who had performed special acts of valor bore an honorific title: Beloved Woman. Despite such enlightened attitudes, no woman has ever headed the Cherokees, the nation's second-largest tribe (after the Navajo), whose 67,000 members live mainly in Oklahoma. That will change when the present Cherokee chief, Ross Swimmer, is confirmed by the Senate as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His elected tribal deputy, Wilma Mankiller, 40, will...
...leaders in the medical, corporate and public-policy fields to unravel how Americans got themselves into such a fix and how to get out of it. Last week the American Diabetes Association named Naughton, along with childhood nutritionist Christina Economos and professor of nutrition Miriam Nelson, its Women of Valor for 2005. Said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "Eileen sets very high standards for herself and everyone around her and is not afraid to do things differently...
Just as abused children grow up to become abusive parents, West Point plebes mature into upperclassmen oppressors. It is ironic that in a place that stresses valor, no one has had the courage to say "Enough!" to the treatment of plebes. West Point proves that respecting human dignity and training military leaders are mutually exclusive activities. Patrick J. Murphy Corona, Calif...
...Attorney in Houston, says the Zetas' military discipline, arsenal and wiretap capability make them more dangerous than other drug groups. Adds José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico's deputy attorney general for organized crime: "You had soldiers from an élite force transferring all the heavy military mystique--the honor, valor, loyalty--to a drug trafficker." After the government captured Cárdenas in 2003, the Zetas had to strike out more on their own. They launched a lethal campaign against Mexican authorities and rival traffickers gunning for control over Cárdenas' former trafficking routes. Mexican officials insist that half the original...
...Helmly, chief of the Army Reserve, warned that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have put in "grave danger" his force's ability to fulfill other Pentagon missions or help grapple with domestic emergencies. "I do not wish to sound alarmist," wrote Helmly, who won a Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam. "I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern." Helmly's memo split the Pentagon into two camps--those who praised Helmly's candor and courage, and those who found the memo's tone, and its appearance in a newspaper, a little too self-promoting...