Word: honorables
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...that John Hancock felt the need to include such a clause in the contract, its actions are entirely understandable and appropriate. Clauses such as this are common in other contracts, and this will be an additional incentive for the IOC to conduct itself in a manner that reflects the honor and integrity of the games...
...Costa, meanwhile, has become Rio's latest celebrity. Going topless, she explained, was "a natural thing to do. It felt delicious." Before next month's carnival, one neighborhood will hold a special "Friends of the Breast" extravaganza to honor her well-bronzed assets...
...from the raccoon-coat, football-weekend paradigm of the old days, in which the premier human attribute was a hard-to-define quality called "character," to a different value system, in which being smart is first on the list of virtues and a humble background is a badge of honor...
...benefits to all couples, gay and straight, except the title of marriage itself. Vermont legislators now have the option of granting same-sex couples the M word too. If they do--and it doesn't seem likely--they will ignite a federal case over whether other states have to honor Vermont's licenses. (Congress has said states can ignore others' gay marriages, but that law hasn't been tested in court...
...pundits have been startled by people's willingness to confide their credit-card numbers to websites. But for years we have been reciting those numbers over the phone. And we have all sorts of other long-standing habits (paying our taxes, for example) that reflect our confidence in the honor of our fellow citizens...