Word: respect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are two noteworthy facts about the results: 1) that although 1924 was a three-sided contest resembling in that respect 1912, it was decided, unlike 1912, not chiefly by pluralities, but mostly by absolute majorities, large majorities; 2) that although there was a Presidential landslide in 1924, it failed to sweep in the customary large party majorities in the Senate, in the House and in state governments. From the standpoint of the voter, it signifies that many "split-ticket" ballots were cast and that the split-ticket vote largely determined the election. From the standpoint of candidates it means...
This is a particularly vital period in he history of China. Tremendous changes are taking place and education and Christianity are playing parts of constantly growing importance in the new order. The Chinese have a traditional respect for learning and teachers which coupled with their eagerness for foreign education, makes the position of a teacher in China one of great importance...
...that country, having for so long been staunch advocates of the doctrine of "continuity in foreign policy." Despite the alarums and excursions of the new Opposition, observers found no reason to believe that the Conservative foreign policy would be any less conciliatory than that of Labor. In this respect, the Conservatives have had an excellent object lesson and, perhaps, they have learned...
...break into the background he had set for us, nothing detract from our line of thought. Later he looked up the boy, explained the situation, told him he was doing, his manager-ship job all right, and the boy was lett happy and holding P. D. in the same respect and admiration that we all felt for him willing to carry out unquestioning his slightest wish...
...lusty young West is coming to have no respect at all for the established order. Long ago they carried the center of population across the Alleghenies. So delinquent have they grown in respect for their elders, that when an Easterner talks about New York, some Westerner interposes Southern California. If the East boasts possession of the capital of the nation, the West is sure to drag in Kansas City, the heart of the continent". The West has long demanded, if not a President, at least a Vice-president from its ranks. Even in football they have tried to snatch glory...