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Much to Flyby's disappointment, ESPN Boston launched with the Harvard logo nowhere in sight. What had the University done to engender such disrespect? Paul Melvin of ESPN communications had this to say in an email...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: ESPN Gives Harvard the Shaft | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...like an assault on the President. Soon afterward, it was clear that it had been a gift. Wilson had, in an emotional expression, proven Obama's point: the summer of town halls had been less a discussion than a circus, a forum where misinformation was vindicated by passion, where disrespect was elevated to a virtue. Now the circus had come inside Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'You Lie!': Representative Wilson's Outburst | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...believe that a majority of the violence does not result from directives from any formal gang hierarchy, but rather that it is the result of beefs between smaller neighborhood groups that can be started by anything from a kidnapping, as in the Baltimore case, to a simple look of disrespect on a rival's face. A fistfight among young men can escalate into drive-by shootings that elicit identical retribution, finally leading to the slaying of people who may or may not have been involved, including innocent bystanders. Says David Kennedy, director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Experts: Street Crime Too Often Blamed on Gangs | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...want to be invisible. You need to mind your own business. While you're incarcerated, the only thing you have is respect. If you disrespect someone, you'll pay a price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What to Expect When You're Going to Jail | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...because they all revolve around the same, very familiar problem: There are too many people in China. In a hole-in-the-wall bun shop in Tianjin (the famous Tianjin goubuli baozi), three people are arguing about the People's Communication Party while pinching dough. Human rights, they complain. Disrespect for human rights. My cousin turns to me and says, yes, he thinks there are problems, but the government’s method achieves efficiency and growth. He's a member of the Party. It is the only party in China...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia | Title: Metaphors | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

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