Under the law, she said, Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to know whether medical services meet "professionally recognized standards of health care".
But the public is entitled to know.
My students need to know that I care about each of them, that I see each as a unique individual entitled to be recognized and treated for that uniqueness.
For that reason, the United Nations Security Council determined in a historic decision, Resolution 242, that Israel was entitled to "secure and recognized boundaries" and was not expected to withdraw from all the territories that its forces had entered -- and from which it was attacked -- in the Six Day War.
Federal attorneys have entered a battle over the construction of a mosque by offering legal proof that Islam is a recognized religion entitled to constitutional protection.
Asylum-seekers whose applications are recognized are entitled to remain in the country and receive its protection.
Recognized groups were entitled to modest financial assistance, use of the school's communications channels and meeting space, and use of the school's name and logo, as long as they allowed all students to participate in their activities.
So if the court ends up making substantive rulings in the two cases (which is not certain), the result could be this initially: Same-sex marrieds, in states where such unions are recognized, would be entitled to the federal benefits and considerations they are now barred from receiving.
Many drivers have joined a class-action lawsuit filed in San Francisco in an effort to be recognized as full employees entitled to benefits, rather than independent contractors.
Perhaps if we dreamed a little more and recognized that we're entitled to have our hobbies and dreams, our new reality could be just what we want.
