Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bing Crosby earned the love and respect of his family and friends, rose above the seductions of material success and left a lasting and positive impact on three generations while remaining the rarest of blessings: a man of substance with few, if any, enemies...
...raised in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem, was deeply influenced by an uncle ("A man I would die for") who was active in the independence movement. After a street-corner childhood and a Navy tour that ended with a jail sentence, José developed a "total lack of respect" for the U.S. and migrated to Puerto Rico...
Growing in the Job I respect a guy who can use his hands . . . to defend himself. I've done that all my life . . . Now I'm a real gentleman. Now I take my handkerchief out and slap you across the face...
...sick of the situation in Britain, the unions, the high taxes, the lack of opportunity." William McBurnie, 32, a diesel fitter from the Protestant town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland, began work last week in Bindura, a farming community 40 miles from Salisbury. "I have a great respect for [Prime Minister] Ian Smith and the way the government stands up for the army and the Europeans here," he says. "The soldier is a lot better treated here than he is in Ulster. I hope to join up myself. It's a great way to see the country...
This year's World Series could not have pitted against each other two teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, that were more disparate. The Dodgers represent old-style baseball under a California sun. Nurtured on the Dodger farm system to live by simple virtues, they respect their owner, love their manager and hit home runs. The Yankees reflect the clamor and chaos of New York City. High-powered and high-salaried, they are as disputatious, selfish and disdainful of each other as they are talented-a galaxy of stars, singularly burning with a hard, cold light...