Word: respectful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that mean the denial of patronage to Dixiecrats? Let's wait, the President said, and see how the thing works out. In one respect it had worked already; Truman had passed up crusty old John Rankin's man for postmaster in Columbus, Miss. There was nothing to be gained by buttering up Rabble-rouser Rankin...
...plan to restore Japanese trade. U.S. trustbusters were still locked in stalemate with the Zaibatsu. Last summer the U.S. State Department intervened. Top Planner George Kennan took a long look at Japan. He recommended a basic change in policy, aimed at Japan's self-government, self-respect and self-support. Last December, a firm economic directive was finally drafted for MacArthur...
...same time maintains the dignity of age and position. I cannot imagine another U.S. general lowering his voice and, staring musingly into the distance, saying: We may fail here, but all men who truly have religion in their hearts must believe that we can succeed, must stand with respect before the miracle of what has happened in Japan...
...over the notion that a baby is a kitten or puppy that needs nothing but feeding. Babies are people, says Psychiatrist Dunbar, and should be treated with respect right from the beginning...
...productions of the last three years has been two-fold. First, he must search each time for new superlatives (for each show has been better than the last, thought the plays have not all been equal) and he must restrain himself in order to retain the reader's respect. Second, he must remember (and this is hardest) that he has witnessed an amateur production put on by his fellow students. I now have this problem, "The Tempest," which opened last night, is the Workshop's master concoction. They have emptied the pans of the quicksilver talent they have been mining...