Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the President replied he fired first a pistol, then a broadside. His pistol shot was to reject the Golders: proposal for steadying the dollar with respect to gold. His broadside came two days later in a cablegram which Secretary of State Cordell Hull, vainly attempting to hide his own amazement, read to the hushed, expectant Delegates...
...respect therefore the Senate can question only the shadow cast by the banking house founded by two solid commission merchants from Cincinnati, Abraham Kuhn and Solomon Loeb-the house reared to greatness by great Jacob Schiff who died...
...point of Don Luis' swordsmanship too late. The nameless orphan was deposited anonymously by Don Luis at a Livorno convent. After a peaceful childhood there he was adopted by old John Bonnyfeather. Scottish merchant in Livorno and actually his grandfather. Both suspected their relationship but neither, out of respect for his mother's memory, ever openly acknowledged it. Anthony was given a solid education and brought up as a gentleman-heir in his grandfather's establishment. Arrived at years of discretion and having survived his first passionate love-affair. Anthony went to Cuba to collect a long...
...legitimate point of pride that Harvard has remained aloof from the general slackening of standards in this respect, and that an honorary degree from Harvard is esteemed and coveted more than any other. Such a degree, if it means anything, should mean that the disinterested scrutiny of scholars has approved the pattern of a life-time of effort; not merely that buildings have been built or zeal manifested for a cause. The names of the chief recipients of this year's honorary degrees from Harvard indicate that the selection has been dictated by the highest standards. Certainly the recognition bestowed...
...perfectly streamlined because the cars are designed to operate on both directions without being turned around and although each car is individually streamlined, very often they operate on trains of two or more cars. Complete streamlining is possible only where the vehicle always moves in the same direction with respect to its front and rear ends...