Word: respect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German nature demands of youth respect for experience and past services to the Fatherland, and from us all demands a burning, passionate love of the Fatherland and hate and vengeance against our enemies...
...book, The Law of the Kinsmen, by Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, consisting of addresses made in this country and articles which appeared in England. The work has a preface by William Howard Taft, in which, among other things, the Chief Justice spoke of law enforcement in America, particularly with respect to prohibition...
Andrew W. Mellon as Secretary of the United States might be said to be the richest man in the country. It is also said (and probably truly) that in respect to his own private purse he is the third richest man in the United States. He is a power in the oil business, the steel car business and the aluminum business. Yet, as E. G. Lowry (Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger) once said: "He looks like a tired double-entry bookkeeper who is afraid of losing...
...mood for a program of old and new Harvard songs was to court criticism; and to sing them out-of-doors where they were often inaudible and the pianissimo effects completely lost, was an offense against artistry which contrasts strangely with the club's high reputation. With full respect to Dr. Davison's remarkable work, and to the talents of the men who took part, it must be admitted that the singing was the one disappointment in an otherwise glorious week...
...consequently most important, especially during declining or "bearish" markets, for customers to most carefully investigate their brokers' methods of doing business. In this respect, if the broker is a member of the New York Stock Exchange it is a great indication that his business will be honestly handled because of the severe rules of that institution regarding business conduct. Moreover, the customer cannot afford to take the letters of recommendation issued by banks regarding stock brokers too seriously, for the big bucketshops sometimes keep larger sums of money on deposit with a bank than a legitimate brokerage firm. They...