Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well, a very quiet extremely self-effacing man. He spent the sort of wilderness years from 1982 to 1987, pretty bad years in the U.N., as the only negotiator on Afghanistan, Iran-Iraq, Western Sahara, Cyprus and a lot of other things, and he established a position of great respect with all the different antagonists in all these situations. When the international climate changed and the outburst of common sense began to take place, he was in a position to act very quickly...
...subject's life and ignoring the context of the times in which she lived. He carefully avoids the issue of whether Loos encountered any discrimination as a woman, implying that Loos was treated from the start as an equal and that despite her diminutive size, her tough intelligence inspired respect from her male colleagues...
Some organizations are trying to play down what NHSRA's Bauer calls the "super-gimp" image and are promoting sports for general fitness, recreation and sociability. But many of the handicapped need more than a pastime. For them, every obstacle hurdled is a measure of self-respect, competence and independence. Zoe Koplowitz, 40, has multiple sclerosis, yet she completed her first marathon this month. Her time in the New York race: 19 hr. 15 min. To prepare for running, she attended dance classes to develop a rhythmic gait, then took lessons in aikido to learn how to get up after...
...studying in France. She returned to the U.S. from Taiwan in 1976 and, following her divorce, enrolled in law school in Chicago and later joined a law firm. In early 1982 she opened Personal Profiles. "In Taiwan the matchmaking philosophy was that love would grow and be based on respect and comfort, that you don't necessarily have to have an ongoing sexual passion in marriage...
...Boston University, Boston College, Rice, Vermont, Maine and the University of Massachusetts. However, the cagers' impressive record (21-5, 12-2 Ivy League) and resume of victories over tough, non-league opponents still wasn't enough to garner an NCAA or NWIT tournament bid. (See accompanying story--Harvard Needs Respect...