Word: respectable
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...argues, however, that an undergraduate college is not the place for a professional conservatory, that the job of a college is to "arouse an appetite for the arts" and "a respect for excellence and a sense of humility." Colleges should function, he writes, "as a substitute for the culture that Europeans absorb quite naturally from their home and their society...
...will not do anything about them. In fact, he has decided to form a committee to look into the matter and report to him in three months. The committee's functions include proposing criteria for raising funds and naming "that will meet the school's continuing financial requirements, respect the interest of all parties and avoid all unnecessary controversy...
...Chase spokesman said yesterday the bank has received "enthusiastic compliments from the National Council of Churches, for our laudable position with respect to South Africa...
There is no doubt that Ford is extremely knowledgeable about soccer. There is, however, a real question regarding his ability to coach a Harvard team and to deal with his players in a way that will gain their efforts and their respect. Over Ford's tenure, numerous fine soccer players, including an all-Ivy selection and many of the foreign players, have rejected the soccer program as an enjoyable and meaningful part of their Harvard years...
...power to accuse in the public press, or on the airwaves of our country, is a profound power, and one that is subject to at least as much abuse as any other form of power. And this is partly a problem with respect to intelligence, because, at least I hope, the press never has the full information that we have on any given subject. All of our secrets, I hope, have never leaked. And that means that any member of the media, writing about our activities, must do so from an incomplete evidentiary base. It is a very difficult position...