Word: respecter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whether Cubans will join the war: I do not see any possibility of that. When I was in Havana [last July], Castro emphasized that he will not intervene in respect to the choice of leaders inside the country...
...Headman. For 50 years, his father was headman of a village of 47 families who share common grazing land for their prized livestock. Having inherited that position of respect, he now rotates cattle guard among the families, collects taxes, presides over quarrels, grants divorces and mediates disputes. He is entitled to eight acres of land, two more than the six other members of his kraal (family group...
...pressure on Congress to enact--laws that would shift federal spending away from superhighways into mass transit, laws that would change utility rate structures, laws that would mandate conservation and finance home insulation, solar heating and other energy alternatives. Above all, Carter needs to regain the public's respect for, and willingness to follow a President's lead; with his energy proposals, however, Carter is fast squandering what credibility he has left...
...their causes. Whether or not Bok's comments merited total attention is not the point. By continually interrupting him, and by denying Bok the opportunity to express himself, the students reduced the 'open' meeting to little more than a mock trial. This kind of militancy earns neither support nor respect, and turns student crusades into absurd jokes...
Upon arriving here at Harvard we were struck by the vigor and perseverance of the South African Solidarity Committee (SASC). Both of us find the system of apartheid despicable, and we felt respect for students advocating the eradication of such an evil institution. But our perception of SASC's goals have begun to change. We now wonder exactly what the goals of SASC are. Does SASC want to free South Africans from the chains of apartheid, or is there a further goal? It seems that SASC stands not only in support of oppressed South Africans, but also of other African...