Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about such things or not. The Mozart-Kleine Nacht Musik started off too delicately to suit him. "Excuse me," he shouted. "It is too fairy. Mozart was very man." He imitated perfectly the sounds he wanted from the English horn, the double bass, the flute. The men's respect mounted until some were calling him the next Toscanini. But Iturbi wanted no adulation. "Please," he repeated frequently. "The music! I am not genius...
...transcends the power of the Federal Government and seeks to regulate commerce within a State, for in its latest decision the Supreme Court's majority opinion significantly points out that the Federal Government is final within its own sphere and the States are dominant with respect to powers interested to them by the Constitution...
...London County Council declined to name a street for pretty Anne Boleyn, beheaded wife of Henry VIII. Reason: "Her virtue was not of a character to deserve respect...
...ALTAR IN THE FIELDS-Ludwig Lewisohn-Harper ($2.50). Last week nobody was much excited to learn that Ludwig Lewisohn had written another novel. A humorless and determined individualist, Author Lewisohn has gradually accustomed most U. S. readers to treat his output with restrained respect. A solemn harping on the string of self-expression, An Altar in the Fields tells nothing new about Lewisohn, life or love...
...should that great organization suffer such unholy impingment? Being fairly well informed as to its precepts, I do not hesitate to place them before you as a comparable study. Into the Boy Scout's mind are inculcated the principles of respect to thers (I imagine that this would include the President of the United States) self-sacrifice; honesty; generosity...