Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American and as an attorney, my congratulations to Cardinal Ottaviani on setting the record straight with respect to Roman Catholic policy throughout the world ... It seems to me that all Americans of every faith are entitled to such a clear-cut statement of worldwide policy, but so far as I can ascertain, we do not get it from our American cardinals...
...meandering, off-the-cuff address, which was at its best when he shared with the governors his strategic theories on Asia (see Foreign Relations). But Ike's effectiveness at Seattle was not in what he said; it was in his hearty salutation and his deep bow of respect to the governors...
...criminals won Fabian's grudging respect. For physical agility and courage, he feels few can surpass Robert Delaney, the first of the "cat burglars," who rifled jewelry from the bedrooms of Park Lane mansions while their owners were downstairs at dinner. Two men died trying to imitate him. One impaled himself on a spiked railing, and the other fell 40 feet with $32,000 in jewels in his pocket and grimly crawled two miles before dying. Having brought off six jewelry hauls worth some $120,000, Delaney was bagged in his own flat with most of the swag...
...kind of political indiscretion which only a bold lady would commit in public. There before the voters of Ohio stood exposed a picture of the Taft aristocracy: diplomats, lawmakers, lawyers, judges, civic leaders and a U.S. President -men of property with respect for property, and graduates of Yale. To the surprise of political observers, the voters did not react with the leveling impulse of envy. They turned down a passionate New Dealer and sent instead the brilliant man of lofty beginnings to represent them in Washington...
...calling, a personality so split that the sharp edges are bound to stab anyone brought too close. As for Agustin, he can be seen in any land in any time, sure that he has won his way to a plateau of peace, only to discover that life does not respect bankrolls, and that it can set its traps in the heart even for the middleaged...