Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many words "This is what we demand," and then proceeds to lay out a platform on how the country should be conducted. The chief differences between groups, aside from their demands, is the seriousness with which politicians listen to their proposals. One of the foremost groups in this respect is Labor...
...able to deal with men. There is no better way that I know of for acquiring that faculty for young men, than daily personal contact with their fellow creatures in college, and the gradual realization thereby of the different methods of approach which are necessary in respect to different individuals...
...Eighteenth Amendment. If any question of its desirability remains, common sense calls for a calm and lucid debate. The example which Dr. Butler has set--obviously in defiance of his own best interests--of breaking a restraining silence to utter his honest convictions is one that deserves the respect of even those who disagree with...
...reply to "Pat" or "Mike", nor even "Hans" or "Fritz". He is usually too old to be called "boy" and too young to be hailed as "old man". And furthermore, he is too important a personage to be addressed by any title but one which traditionally connotes dignity and respect...
...absence of a general celebration was due, it is understood, to the difficulty in securing a benefactor whose financial judgment had been sufficiently warped that the necessary funds were forthcoming. In this respect, the class of 1923 was more fortunate...