Word: respectfully
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...Liberals' David Steel and the Social Democrats' David Owen, the Alliance had aimed to eclipse Labor as the main opposition party. Instead, its representation in the House was reduced to 22 seats from the 23 it won in the previous election. The vote was a landmark in one respect: three blacks and an Indian, all Labor candidates, became the first nonwhites elected to the House of Commons since...
...successor, whose confirmation by the Senate should encounter no serious obstacles, also enjoys widespread respect in international economic circles, though he has no central bank experience. Moreover, his economic views are cut from essentially the same conservative, anti-inflationary fabric as Volcker's. As a Republican who has already served one Republican President, however, Greenspan is bound to face increasing pressure to bend his actions to political ends as the 1988 presidential election draws nearer. Indeed, some Administration critics argued last week that Greenspan's surprise appointment already amounted to just such political meddling. Said Pierre Rinfret, a former Nixon...
More than underlining his differences with Volcker, however, Greenspan must stress his similarity in one major respect: unwillingness to be manipulated for partisan political purposes. Says John Heimann, vice chairman of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and a former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency: "The most important thing he has to do is give the markets convincing evidence that he is free of influence from the White House." Without that evidence, foreign investment in U.S. securities, a crucial factor in underwriting the budget deficit, might well dry up. That in turn would undoubtedly lead to a vicious spiral of increased interest...
...AFSCME has a great deal of respect for Kris [Rondeau, HUCTW leader,] and does not want to intrude on the autonomy of the organization," said Kiley...
...HUCTW campaign is very symbolic for the labor movement because Harvard is a decentralized work place, heavily populated by white collar and service workers, a lot of autonomy in the workplace and not necessarily much respect," says Heckscher...