Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their Debating Hall. Cambridge is the oldest "Union Society" in the world. Oxford Union is a copy of the older Cambridge institution and it yet lacks certain of the distinctive features of its Cambridge proto-type. It possesses no Dining Hall for instance. The installation of wireless marks another respect in which Cambridge is in advance of Oxford. The latest news is broadcasted from a loud speaking instrument each evening and concerts are also received. Most continental countries can be "picked up" and even American can be heard. Unfortunately America is not "picked up" till after 12 P. M., when...
...days, either of backing down unconditionally from her blustering stand or of losing her trade agreement will cause Russia a good deal of mental agony. To loss her English trade will hurt badly, but to humiliate herself will probably hurt worse. As for England she has thoroughly vindicated herself-respect, and in spite of the resentment of this action by Labor M. P.'s, those who like to see a blow-hard put in his place will admire England's stand...
...Memorial Hall and stood for fifteen minutes with my hat on. Several hundred undergraduates were passing through but not one of them paid any attention to me. Then I discovered that every one of them had his hat on too. They are a degenerate set, truly, they have no respect for the past...
...this man, often reported captured or wounded, has eluded the government's grasp so long and fought on against ever increasing odds passes comprehension. Whether his object was dictated by mere selfish ambition or by fanatical zeal, even those who have no liking for him must pay some respect to his stubborn courage. But he has now withdrawn his foreign ambassadors, proclaimed a cessation of hostilities, and produced his conditions of surrender so that Ireland can at last heave a vast sigh of relief...
...score of people injured; but from now on the Free State will have a fresh lease on life. It has recently applied for admission into the League of Nations and if it employs a policy of conciliation toward its rebellious subjects, it may well gain a position in international respect which it has never before held...