Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...electorate's apparent swing to the right weakened the left wing of the alignment's chances of displacing Meir. While the major spokesman for a conciliatory peace policy, Pinchas Sapir and Yigal Allon, are held in high esteem by the general public, their policies simply are not. Most Israelis realize that security cannot be measured by the distance of the frontier from Tel Aviv, but at the same time they fear that territorial advantages such as the Golan Heights will be traded for unreliable promises. Polls have shown that the majority of Israelis still believe that the Arabs' ultimate...
...fearing complaints from disgruntled, inflation-weary voters, the legislators pondered long and hard. They were particularly worried about opinion polls showing that the public holds Congress in particularly low esteem, largely because Watergate has tarnished the image of almost all politicians. In the end, caution prevailed, and the Senate voted 71 to 26 against the pay increase...
...very young. In sharp contrast to the current American preoccupation with youth, this elderly population revels in its years. The sagacity of age is valued more than the vivacity of youth. Psychologists often depict these people as brutalized by modern America and robbed of their self-esteem, but these Hispanic-Americans feel that they are emminently important human beings, worthy of the love, respect and veneration they receive from their grandchildren. The fierce pride instilled in their children is indicative of their whole approach to life. "You can be white and have money and not own your soul," one grandfather...
...Japan Lefthanders League, which seeks to boost the self-esteem of long-suffering southpaws [Jan. 7], will find comfort in an astonishing fact that I noted while working on a book about the Apollo moon-landing program. Of the 29 astronauts who flew the Apollo missions, no fewer than seven are lefthanded: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, James Lovell, Michael Collins, Richard Gordon. Edgar Mitchell and Charles Duke...
...winning the award, given annually "to the player, who, by his conduct on or off the gridiron, demonstrates a high esteem for the football code and exemplifies sportsmanship to an outstanding degree," Stoeckel joins an illustrious list of former winners, including Doak Walker, Floyd Little, Otis Armstrong, and Dick Jauron...