Word: respectably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many of the models of the Eskimo teeth are perfect in every way, not having the slightest defect either of form or condition. Dr. Fernald states that is the 32 years of his dental practice he has seen only one set of teeth which were perfect in every respect...
...through a gloomy cavern of stained canvas, ropes, flaring lamps. The air was pungent, draughty, filled with the cloying scent of women doused with violent perfumes. The blond prince entered the dressing room of the leading lady, a famed courtesan. She greeted him with coy, voluptuous respect, in tantalizing deshabille. The little dressing room was filled with starchy gentlemen, shouting amid the gay popping of corks. To one side stood a myopic, corpulent, bearded figure. His squinting eyes turned ceaselessly, his nostrils twitched. He was Emile Zola, novelist. He had persuaded Ludovic Halevy, boulevardier & librettist, to bring him there...
...present questionnaire can do little more than magnify the collegiate characteristics and further imprint upon the public mind a conception which has unfortunately become synonymous with higher education. In this respect it is as pernicious an influence as the subject it drags into the limelight. There is nothing to be gained from a bottling and labeling of undergraduate mannerisms and affectations which vary in expression and intensity with the individual institution...
...case coldly, if impropriety can be charged against a dance held in Memorial Hall, it is doubtful if a Boston hotel or nightclub locale would enhance its prestige. This is only one reason for abolishing a dance which to say the least, has lost its cohesion and the respect even of its devotees...
...term has an ethical content and has come to symbolize the effort that is being made by the National Association to raise the standards throughout this country and Canada of the real estate brokerage business. Tremendous progress has been made in this respect and a great deal if not most of it is due to the effectiveness and value of the term "Realtor" in symbolizing this effort...