Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Upperclassmen are still entitled to a certain amount of respect from the freshmen, and violations are reported to a so-called "Court of Control," solemnly presided over by black-robed seniors. It is not uncommon to see a beanie-topped freshman pacing the campus carrying a large sign proclaiming that he "shall not walk on the grass and shall not be disrespectful to upperclassmen...
...that "Lodge is vital, for only he can dampen the wild cries of the neo-isolationist Republicans and assume the role that Vandenberg so ably carried out." But this is not the case. Lodge does not command the respect of his Middle Western Republican colleagues as Vandenberg did. As Time Magazine wrote on December 17, 1951, under the heading, "The Lost Mantle," "When Vandenberg fell ill and retired from active leadership, most observers thought the mantle of Republican leadership in Foreign Policy would fall on Cabot Lodge. But somehow, the mantle never fitted. In 1949, Lodge led 14 liberal Republicans...
Washington Publisher Eugene Meyer (the Washington Post) poured it back on Truman for "slanderous . . . outrageous . . . ridiculous" charges. Bernard Baruch, Democratic elder statesman, allowed the release of a letter he had written to Ike last August: "Since I have known you as a major, I have grown to respect and admire your character, ability, gentleness but firmness and, above all, the high purposes that have motivated you in all circumstances. Your abhorrence of cant, hypocrisy, intolerance in all fields of human relations have brought affection with respect and admiration...
Prairie Plans. Kansas got to know and respect Murphy's energy and initiative when he became dean of the School of Medicine in 1948. He promptly put into effect a plan for grass-roots action to get more doctors in service in prairie townships. (The communities raise money to provide quarters and equipment for a doctor, who may rent them or buy on time.) The "Kansas Plan" was copied in several states...
While expanding abroad into 121 countries, Ken Parker did not forget his 1,900 employees at home. They have a union shop, liberal welfare benefits, and a respect for Parker's enlightened methods; never in the company's 60-year history have they called a strike. A year and a half ago, feeling that the time clock irritated employees, Parker abolished it. Tardiness and absenteeism dwindled to almost zero...