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Word: respected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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After two years. Policeman Wensley was made a detective. Courteous to the worst of crooks, he received their respect in return. He was never known to arrest a criminal while he was at a meal. Famed Wensley crime-solutions were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Scotland Yardsman | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...wine grower's cellar, Bordeaux and Burgundy are treated with the respect due important people. The care that is taken with them consists in preserving them from all impurity, in letting them, day by day, gently elaborate their perfection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Wine of Honor | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...chief problem at the beginning of the year was the construction of a good line and in this respect line-coach R. J. Dunne in his second year of service saw his efforts bear fruit in what proved to be one of Harvard's most powerful forward walls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletic Year Has Been the Most Active in History of University | 6/18/1929 | See Source »

...Mazarin to assert their own dignity and listen to the learned speeches of their colleagues. Each member owns an elaborate Napoleonic costume, of tail coat, knee breeches, white-plumed cocked hat and sword. But despite all the formalities and trappings of membership, Institut de France no longer receives the respect from French artists which its age* and dignity warrant. It is frequently hinted that many members of the Institut are elected for political reasons; some of France's greatest men have never been chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Honor Spurned | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

...civilised society, but the growing indifference to the rights of individuals at present noticeable in this country appears to admit of anything. The vigor with which the present offenders in the name of law and order are prosecuted may serve as an index to the extent that a respect for an order that is higher than law still remains in the United States...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAW GETS ITS MAN | 6/11/1929 | See Source »

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