Word: esteemed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Russian Physicists Pavel A. Cherenkov, Igor I. Tamm and Ilya M. Frank. Without a trace of embarrassment over its inconsistency, Soviet officialdom beamed, and nobody charged (as they had with Pasternak) that it would amount to accepting a "handout" from "the enemy." All three Russians rank high in the esteem of,the outside world as well as in the Soviet scientific hierarchy. Dr. Tamm is often rated as the leading Soviet nuclear physicist, represented Russia at the recent Geneva conference on technical means for detecting atomic explosions...
...your issue of Oct. 6, your CINEMA man-whose writings I love and esteem-errs in a manner which is natural, yet a little irritating to me and to Mr. John Huston. The story of Beat the Devil was not lolled together in Ravello. It was written as a novel by myself, and published (same title) by Lippincott in 1951. The lolling began at a lakeside in the Wicklow Mountains-that is to say, I lolled while Mr. Huston read my book, laughing in a gratifying manner. Mr. Huston paid me to write a screenplay. With a lot of help...
...ideas, though y Gasset doesn't acknowledge any influence. "I'm very widely read in Spain," he notes, a quizzical smile accompanying the revelation. This suggestion that many sociologists have swiped his ideas is one of his favorite themes. But he takes an obvious pride in the esteem reflected in such judicious intellectual thievery. Sorokin notes with pride that he was made the most revered and respected sociologist at the recent Congress of the International Institute of Sociology...
...back for the flashbulbs, the high-school bands, the parades and the sorghum-sweet welcome, came the local girl who had made good: willowy, winsome Mary Ann Mobley, 21, Miss America of 1958. Throughout the weekend celebrations in Jackson, Vicksburg and Brandon, Mary Ann smiled graciously, accepted tokens of esteem (including TV sets and a dozen hams), broke down when she saw that Brandon had renamed Main Street as Mary Ann Brive...
...most gifted of our young men of letters is Gore Vidal. Having attained high esteem through his novels, TV dramas, movie scripts, short stories and literary criticisms, he has now successfully taken the legitimate stage into his domain with his comedy Visit to a Small Planet, which recently finished a Broadway run of almost 400 performances...