Word: respected
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...attended the election were required to present their student I.D. cards at the door, and their names were checked against club membership lists. We know of no other organization that goes to such lengths to ensure that the voting process is so fair and orderly, both out of respect for the candidates and the club...
...which seems to me, with all due respect to the L.A. Times and the others, to be a perfectly rational reaction. The dispute over Florida touches on first principles, as disputes between liberals and conservatives often do. The train of reasoning is roughly as follows. Most people not besotted by partisanship have reached the conclusion that the vote in Florida is a statistical tie. Out of 6 million votes, the difference between the two candidates' totals is so slender that it could be accounted for by any number of variables having nothing to do with the intent of the voters...
...reinforce the high court's supremacy. But Rehnquist could only do so because for nearly two decades he has, against the odds, maintained the Supreme Court's prestige and mystique. This week he cashed in, but he had been building the capital for years. At a time when respect for every other institution of government has declined precipitously, the country still looks to the Supreme Court for authority and finality...
...Arab and Muslim around the world into the Palestinian problem, and that's going to restrict his own freedom of movement. A Tunisian sheik in Kashmir is now saying, 'That's my Jerusalem.' Every Arab who sent a check to support Arafat in this uprising will expect him to respect their concerns...
Bush vowed to forge a common agenda behind the themes of his campaign. He promised to strengthen Social Security, to preserve and expand Medicare and give due respect to the military, to reform education, and to give Americans the "tax relief they deserve...