ad·mire/ədˈmī(ə)r/Verb
1. Regard (an object, quality, or person) with respect or warm approval.
Here's Gallup's list of the 10 most admired men of 2010:
And here's the top 10 women:
Among the men, I'm 3 for 10 in warm approval (Mandela, Graham, Benedict). Among the women, I'm doing even worse: 2 for 10 (Rice and Thatcher). My attitude towards the rest on both lists ranges from tepid approval to indifference to abhorence. Indeed, some of the names on the list give me serious concerns about my fellow Americans.
