Word: commend
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...disagree with the consensus in your "60-Second Symposium" on how to respond to a pie in the face [NOTEBOOK, June 12]. I commend Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman for the presence of mind to deprive the self-righteous jerk with the pie the satisfaction of a hit. What she deserved was a left jab followed by a straight right to the nose. Our becoming so incredibly civilized is exactly what has encouraged the anarchic behavior exemplified by pie-wielding adolescents. RIP THOMAS Cleburne, Texas...
...only American to work inside the St. Petersburg administration with Vladimir V. Putin (from 1992 to 1996), I commend TIME for the accuracy and completeness of its report on Putin and his election as President of Russia [WORLD, April 3]. He is an extraordinary man. I was assigned to his international-relations committee and found him to be charming (yes), drolly humorous, enormously capable and totally appreciative of Western democratic values. I predict that he will sometimes exasperate and disappoint us, often disagree with us, but more often please us with his bold and clever actions to strengthen Russia...
...commend the organizers of Harvard's Take Back the Night week for their noble efforts in combating rape and other crimes against women. I would also like to take this opportunity, in keeping with the theme of last week's events, to encourage handgun ownership and carrying among American women...
...Undergraduate Council passed a bill authorizing a contest amongst students to develop a project intended "to raise awareness of and to fight homophobia at Harvard." Pending the approval of the council, the group with the best plan will be awarded $1,000 to carry out their proposal. While we commend the council's concern for eradicating homophobia, the exact means by which the council has chosen to pursue this end warrants critical scrutiny...
Sheer admiration compels me to commend you on your courageous choice. The bold selection of a man with bad hair, a foreign accent and no recent movies, best sellers or CDs speaks volumes about your journalistic integrity. KEN PROBST San Francisco...