Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enjoy the fact that we really don't get the respect or attention that we'd like," junior cheerleader Annette Del Barrio says. "There isn't that much school spirit...
...supposed best and brightest embarassed themselves in front of Harvard's governing body with an inexcusable display of ignorance. A chance to meet with the Corporation is unfortunately an exceedingly rare privilege for students. The council blew the opportunity. the council's main strength is that the recognition and respect afforded it by the University. When the council loses its credibility with the University, it isn't worth the room it meets...
...accused were usually wives andmothers of "...solidly English stock and mostly`Puritan' religion" (Demos, p. 71). In thesecharacteristics, the accused did not deviate fromthe cultural norm. They did deviate in severalnoteable ways, however: most of the accused werethought to be poorly conditioned socially. Theydid not hold positions of high respect orauthority in the church or the other areas wherepower for women was deemed appropriate. This factprobably targetted them further, for they werethen perhaps perceived as wanting power, and notabove using any means to attain it (Demos, p.68).When society evaluated the accused witches, theissue of power was central; their particularsituation...
Sometimes you just have to fight to earn respect...
...trying to make life politically difficult in the city for Harvard," Natale said. "We'll oppose Harvard...with respect to the status of their rent control-exempt affiliated housing, the money they pay the city in lieu of taxes and their land acquisitions...