Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grior, the much publicized Negro halfback for the University of Pittsburgh, has earned the respect of North and South alike after his performance in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia Tech on New Year's day. He was repeatedly cheered during the game and received praise from all for his performance, despite his being involved in the penalty against Pitt which set up Tech's only and winning touchdown of the game...
...Understand." "While we understand that you respect theologians," the pastors wrote, "we know that doctrinal rigidity has never limited the comfort you find in Christian faith, worship and fellowship. So, while Governor of Illinois, there being no Unitarian church in Springfield, you attended the Presbyterian church. Confronted with the same situation when you returned to your farm home [at Libertyville, Ill.], we Presbyterians urged you not only to use, as you had from time to time for many years, but to be a member of the nearby Presbyterian church of Lake Forest. Your membership was accepted with the understanding that...
Whatever the gimmick, Frenchmen of all walks of life were enthusiastic about the strip. "I support the striptease out of admiration for female loveliness and respect for human dignity," boomed 73-year-old Professor Edmond Heuze of the Beaux Arts Academy. "It's better," said Amateur Champion Yvette Masson, a typist, "than being cooped up in an office...
...powerful people. I like to do things the hard way." In the Spectator, in a signed weekly column for Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard and by freelancing, Randolph plays his role of gadfly. His cause, and the lusty Churchillian way he fights it, has gained him new respect in Fleet Street. Said an editor: "He's done a lot of good. He's saying things that should be said...
Noting the wiry little man whom everyone in town seemed to treat with such respect, the visitor to Albuquerque, N. Mex. (pop. 160,000) naturally wanted to know who he was. The person he asked was a six-year-old Negro first-grader who happened to have his own ideas about School Superintendent John Milne. "You don't know who Mr. Milne is?" said the boy in amazement. "Why, Mr. Milne is boss of the whole world!" To hundreds of Albuquerque teachers and students, John Milne has indeed been a rare sort of boss. In his 45 years...