Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Will it be unwise for Congress to change his proposed resolution (see below) on World War II agreements? The President was not one to say that his proposal cannot be improved. But the U.S. would be in a very awkward situation with respect to places like Berlin and Vienna, if all World War II agreements were repudiated. Nor has the President any interest in going back and raking up the ashes of the dead past. His resolution repudiates the idea of enslavement of any people...
...Corporal Hitler." B. H. Liddell Hart says that von Rundstedt was an abler soldier than Field Marshal von Hindenburg-of World War I-abler even than the Hindenburg-Ludendorff combination-and adds: "Gerd von Rundstedt was a gentleman to the core. His natural dignity and good manners inspired the respect even of those who differed widely from his views...
...from those over-zealous patriots whom we fear do not properly construe either the functions of a university or the character of the evil they are seeking to uproot. When faced with this threat our strongest weapon is found among those academic principles which we feel constrained to defend--respect for the opinions of others. I am convinced that today's Communist hunters are not inherently vicious men seeking only to persecute harmless professors. I feel that, for the most part, our problem today is the result of the misdirection of the efforts of sincere men in the face...
...imposingly dignified man, Fair combines an innate reserve with a penchant for individualism. The result is a Master who can chug-a-lug beer or lead cheers at House smokers and yet command friendly respect in less exuberant moments...
...annual meeting and don't hesitate to offer their ideas. Price encouraged the unions to join him in looking for ways both could work together for their mutual good. In 1952 he spoke to the C.I.O.'s electrical-workers' union at its national convention, saying: "We respect union leaders, and we think the union should respect management . . . Our program . . . is neither a 'get tough' policy nor is it a 'pushover' policy. It is primarily an offer of cooperation . . . Understanding and unity, like charity, begin at home...