Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...background: During the negotiations leading up to the Helsinki agreement, the Western powers induced Moscow to accept the so-called Basket III clauses, pledging a free flow of people and information. In addition, the agreement contained a sweeping declaration to respect human rights. The Soviets complied in exchange for things they wanted: the Basket I and II declarations on military, economic and technological cooperation. The Russians evidently thought no one would hold them to their pledges. In Belgrade, the U.S. delegation, headed by Albert Sherer, a former ambassador to Czechoslovakia, is determined to prevent the Soviets from sliding...
...safe. But the FDA can control only drugs that cross state lines; the states are free to license those that are manufactured and used within their boundaries in spite of federal disapproval. In fighting against the drugs, federal health officials have suffered from their loss of some public respect following the false swine-flu scare and the FDA'S proposed restrictions on the sale of saccharin. The agency acted after the laboratory rats which were fed huge quantities of the substance then developed cancer...
...unfortunate that we devote so much time and energy to systems for killing people, but until the Russian leaders learn to respect not power but our right to live in peace, we really have no choice...
Alex Haley, L.H.D., author of Roots. You reminded contemporary Americans that the preservation of a man 's heritage is essential to his sense of identity and self-respect...
Helen Suzman, LL.D., Member of Parliament, South Africa. Your never-to-be-silenced message in support of racial equality has been heard with deep respect for your courage...