Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...predicted, his colleague John Bricker bowed out. Said Taft gratefully: "I have never seen a new Senator who gained so rapidly the affection and respect of his colleagues...
...Respect. Shotton, a kind of Flatbush Cincinnatus, was called from his Florida farm last spring by Boss Branch Rickey to take charge of the Dodgers, after Manager Leo Durocher was suspended for a year (TIME, April 21). Shotton, semi-retired after a long career as outfielder, coach, manager and Brooklyn scout, scarcely knew his players' first names. At first he leaned heavily for advice on Stanky and Pitcher Hugh Casey, but now he runs the team by himself. Only once-after the Dodgers had lost four straight to the Cards in June-has Boss Rickey called Shotton into...
...same way as Americans. We may not agree that this is the best form of government, but it should be remembered that we are guests in the country, and it would be discourteous, and not unfraught with danger, to voice our opinions too strongly. . . . Angels pay great respect to their Archangels; it would be a courteous gesture for G.I.s to salute these officers, just as enlisted members of the Heavenly Host salute American officers...
...Although it is not generally recognized by Catholics, a great deal of salutary work is being accomplished by psychoanalysts, despite the occasional cause célèbre. (It would be nice if the Church could eliminate scandals too!) Catholics ought to be respectful of this work while they are catching up on a road where they have too long lagged behind. Mutual respect and good relations having been established with the analysts, Catholics can then hope to impart some of the wisdom which they feel is their...
...without disproving his fear that he was a coward. "He had hoped finally it would be in this war, the first war in which the psychiatrists had made it 'all right' to be afraid, so long as you were brave," that he would rebuild his self-respect. "He had rushed out on Dec. 8, 1941, to seek another chance...