Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does not make women feel at home; it only makes them feel invisible...Plugging more women into what was once an all-male institution and expecting them to conform will only perpetuate those feelings of invisibility. The University should work towards breaking the public silence by giving support and respect to a women's center such as the Forum and to women's groups such as the Women's Clearinghouse...Finally, women need not only recognition, but leadership. Expanding Radcliffe admissions lists will mean little to educated women until the University is willing to increase the number of women...
...campaigns on behalf of disarmament and human rights won him the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize, and he steadfastly argued that without international respect for human rights there could be no guarantee of peace...
...appropriate, for example, to demand a blow job for a bottle of Freixenet, or to call someone a "faggot" because he or she refuses to have sex? These concerns stem not from a desire to impose puritanical standards, but from a desire that a genuine sense of community and respect prevail at all times...
...Although Congress remained the largest party in Parliament, it fell 71 seats shy of a majority. Three days after the third and final day of polling, Gandhi, looking fresh-faced and unperturbed, appeared on television to tell the nation, "The people have given their verdict. In all humility, we respect that verdict...
...rebel officers "are not Noriegas," says Stanley Karnow, author of In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. "They are not thugs by any means." While only about 2,000 rebel troops were involved in the rebellion, several other units declared themselves neutral in the conflict out of respect for Honasan's cause. Even if Gringo's latest attempt to seize power is thwarted, says Karnow, "the symptoms of malaise within the military will still be there...