Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think we gained their respect," Konovalchik said. "The program is really coming along. We're really starting to build. We've got a better team than last year and I'm expecting to beat both University of Pennsylvania and Princeton this weekend...
...when an unchecked military visited a barbaric brand of justice on thousands of leftist rebels and their presumed sympathizers. Since 1983, when Alfonsin assumed power, his main political challenge has been to reconcile the populace's demand for justice against military excesses with the army's own demand for respect and recognition of its role in putting down a Communist insurgency. Over the past 22 months, disgruntled colonels have staged three uprisings, demanding pay raises and an end to the trials of officers charged with human-rights offenses. Alfonsin hiked military wages 20% last December and dropped cases against middle...
...Dear countrymen, appreciated comrades of the armed forces, we have left our barracks in defense of the dignity and the honor of the armed forces, for the full and total unification of the ruling Colorado Party, for the initiation of democratization in Paraguay, for the respect of human rights and for the defense of our Roman Catholic religion...
Last spring, Huerta and Lifford were elected co-captains for the 1988-89 season. Both have gained respect from their teammates and coaches...
...this respect, it seems that the level of distrust will not soon dissipate. For each victory is seen in terms of a power dynamic, not as part of a moral conversion. Thus each victory is hollow and only makes the desire for victory the next time greater. In each win, there seems only the confirmation of the worst fears of the accuser. The change is on the surface, but the real demand is for a change of heart...