Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still uncomfortable with the inclusion of photography in the realm of "art." The medium, for all its technical sophistication, is such a limited one. The finished product is pervaded by technology and by the physical properties of the subject itself. I enjoy Adams' work and respect his skill, but if I were he, I would prefer to have been known as a pianist...
...that if we were sufficiently lovable, others would be drawn to us. Our young had so much security in the postwar world that they felt it was the order of nature, that nothing needed to be done to preserve it. It does not work that way. There must be respect, even tinged with fear...
Fidel Castro likes to rail at the evils of colonialism, but Cuba itself is in one vital respect the complacent ward of an imperialist nation. Without aid from its superpower sugar daddy, the Soviet Union, the Cuban economy would sink beneath the Caribbean waves...
...meetings on Mount Carmel, a setting that offered the participants a soothing panoramic view of Haifa harbor, reaffirmed the underlying strength of the Egyptian-Israeli treaty. Despite strong differences in attitude and priorities, Sadat and Begin gave every indication that their relationship is now rooted in friendship and respect. In fact, some diplomats are convinced that after months of occasional disappointments and persistent distrust, the two men have grown genuinely fond of each other...
...impossible to wriggle out of OPEC's grip in the short term by depending on conventional domestic energy sources--oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear. The Harvard group is not the first to say we must look elsewhere. Put what is unique about this conclusion--other than the respect the group commands in government and business circles--is the Project's pragmatic, multidisciplinary examination of the energy problem. The group scrutinizes not only the economic and technical barriers to exploitation of each energy source, but also the political and institutional realities. Co-editors Robert Stobaugh, professor of Business Administration...