Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...halls of national legislation, we salute at the same time the cross of salvation and the banner of our nation. And while we send over the wide ocean our signals of love, devotion and loyalty to him who sits upon the throne of the Fisherman, we send also our respect ful salutations and our firm pledge of civic loyalty to the President of these United States...
...Greeks, most of whom are Levantines or Levant traders of a low order, have for long been the backbone of Turkish commerce. Having done much for Turkey in this respect, they naturally think they are justified in maintaining their right to trade in Constantinople...
...very disappointing" facts about the pupils' ignorance of even the three R's and spelling. He deplored politics and blindness in the Board's past activities, lack of discipline among the teachers. Said he : "There is an organized disloyalty by a min ority that has lowered respect for the pursuit of teaching and made Chicago education notorious here and else-where...
...could it be otherwise ? He regards his newspapers little differently, except as to size, from the merchandise that passes across the counters of his successful chain of grocery stores. To him, apparently, the newspaper differs in no essential respect from a can of peas in which the editors, writers and reporters are of as little significance as the individual pea in the can. . . . This . . . destroys individual initiative and enthusiasm and tends to transform his editorial writers into hired men who, within the narrow limits assigned to them and the still narrower limits inspired by their fear of making a mistake...
...this the fact that, in "popular" outdoor concerts this Summer, the concertos of Bach, the overtures of Beethoven and the symphonies of Brahms were among the best liked numbers, we can find ample refutation of the contentions of those deadheads who complain that U. S. Jazzmania is undermining the respect always due to the great triumvirate-"the three B's" of music...