Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...firm conviction that many Americans, like myself, look upon the sedate mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. with a kind of reverence, mingled with awe and deep respect. The thought of 30,000 gibbering egg-rollers (TIME, April 13) sloshing over mashed eggs, gooey marshmallows and melted jelly beans, together with comfort stations erected in critical positions, lends an air of cheap revelry to the Executive Mansion. The only things which appeared to be lacking were the Ferris wheels, the sideshows, and the prize county livestock...
...makes a report. Added Weeks, in a hasty turnabout: "At no time has there been any intent ... to cast reflection upon the integrity of the bureau or the professional competence or integrity of Dr. Astin . . . Such differences as I have had with Dr. Astin result from a conflict with respect to administrative viewpoint and procedure...
...hero of his book is a 1 ft. 4 in. lizard named Frut, a happy-go-lucky character with a decent respect for the customs of his native tableland. Frut says his prayers dutifully, bows to the wisdom of the Sages, and even intones the slogan, "All lizards are born equal"-though he knows that the tableland is a caste society where high-born tablelanders like himself treat the lowly creekers (creek-dwellers) as slaves and sluts...
...breadth of experience is really quite a remarkable thing. He is at once at home with ideas and also so practical. I think I'd rather take his views than those of anyone else. He's a unique baby brother-he's got the respect of all the older ones...
...family, earned $867 a year. After questioning 4,200 rural schoolteachers, the National Education Association decided that times are changing. In 1952 she was apt to have her own home, drive an automobile, make $2,484. Today's teachers, male or female, have also shown progress in another respect. "In 1936-37," said the N.E.A., "from 26.6 to 31.8% . . . were married. Now only 25.3% are single." ¶ To provide that air of studied insouciance that Ivy Leaguers are supposed to enjoy, the Harvard Coop has started selling a strange new item: "Dusty Bucks" -white shoes that had been specially...