Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most important library in the world needs the skill of a trained and experienced library administrator. I have the highest respect for Mr. MacLeish as a poet, but I should no more think of him as Librarian of Congress than as chief engineer of a new Brooklyn Bridge . . . about the same as appointing a man Secretary of Agriculture because he likes cut flowers on his dinner table...
...government shall be government of laws, not of men. A successful lawyer who turned poet (in 1923) as calculatedly as some lawyers turn politician, who made good at it by winning a Pulitzer Prize (Conquistador, 1933) and who supported his muse by diligent journalism, Archie MacLeish won the respect of Mr. Roosevelt and his Janizaries to such a degree that for two years past they have been contriving to draft him into their service...
...years ago Lafayette College's President William Mather Lewis hit upon a plan to keep reunioning alumni sober. He invited them to free classes where they might refresh their minds and their respect for Alma Mater. Last week many another U. S. college had adopted Dr. Lewis' idea...
Benito's Aid. Many suspected that the Premier itched to become a dictator, but Daladier roared theatrically: "Am I no longer a Republican because I insist upon respect for Republican law and order?" But words could probably not have saved him had not Benito Mussolini unwittingly come to his aid. By staging anti-French demonstrations demanding Tunisia, Corsica arid a few other choice bits of French territory, Il Duce gave the Premier his big chance to regain his fast-dwindling popularity. The Premier answered the Italian campaign with a triumphal tour of Corsica and North Africa. Returning, he declared...
Production. Very different in one respect was last week's upturn from that of a year ago. At that time the Federal Reserve Board's index of production fell two points in April, one point in May, turned in June, was on its way up in July (although reported several weeks late its trend can generally be anticipated from weekly figures on various industries). Last week the Board's index reported a six-point drop for April, and May production was guesstimated at 90, June still lower...