Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, the Crimson recorded only one impressive win, a 1-0 victory over then-12th-ranked Springfield, on its way to earning a second place Ivy finish and a sliver of respect from tougher, non-league, opponents...
Falling into third place is Melvin King, whose total community involvement is worthy of great respect and praise. But King lacks the pragmatism that is needed to make a dent in Congress. His utopian vision is not a realistic one for America of the late 1980s...
...want to tell you that, faced with the certainty of Federal land bank and Farmers Home foreclosure, we came to the conclusion that Chapter 7, with its inherent finality, seemed the preferred route out of the morass of worry and debt. We are trying to maintain our self-respect and a degree of dignity (all honor & pride have gone by the way), trying to get through this most difficult of times with our sanity intact and see what we can do to maintain a livelihood so that we need not resort to public assistance or dependence on our children...
Still, in the through-the-looking-glass world of U.S.-Central American dealings, it is wiser to watch what countries do than what they say. U.S. officials construed the refusals as signals to Washington that the Administration should treat its Central American friends with more respect, and more generously. There was strong suspicion among some State Department officials that while Panama and El Salvador were earnest about wanting no part of the contras, Honduras -- for the past four years a major unofficial contra refuge -- hopes to induce the U.S. to sweeten its aid allotment. Observers noted that a Honduran delegation...
Professor of Historical Theology Margaret R. Miles addressed herself to what she called the need for Western man to develop greater respect for the material world and to move beyond the belief that communion with the divine comes through transcendence of the flesh...