Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coles's article is an obvious example of this old-wine syndrome. In his ten-page essay entitled "Work and Self-Respect," he attempts to define the term "grown-up" by the working man's or woman's standards. He arrives at the legitimate conclusion that it means "responsible, hard-working, dedicated and, not least, self-sacrificing without demonstration of self-pity." To prove his thesis Cole relies on a few random interviews conducted "out there," as he describes the field. But, at the risk of throwing doubt on his opening assertion that he is in the tradition of George...
Some of Carter's attempts to humanize the presidency are either merely symbolic or trivial, but the attitude is nonetheless refreshing. In one respect, at least, it will help to establish a presidential precedent. Carter intends to go on calling himself Jimmy, not James Earl Jr. It was Jimmy Carter who signed bills, and vetoed some, as Governor of Georgia. It was Jimmy who slogged through 30 primaries. And it was Jimmy whose name was on the ballot in all 50 states on Nov. 2, even though he had to sue the state of Maine to keep it that...
...Secretary for Natural Resources and as reform administrator of the chaotic Federal Electricity Commission before receiving the Finance Minister's portfolio in 1973. Though he took responsibility two years ago for pushing through Echeverria's modest tax increase on high incomes, López Portillo gained the respect of Mexican businessmen. Most of them, after six years of polemics with Echeverria, look forward to Don Pepe's presidency with relief...
...retrospect, understand that, as Poetry Editor of the Advocate, she plausibly (but mistakenly) assumed that I wished it considered for publication. This idea was unequivocally not in my mind at the time. My act was, as it were, a simple "professional gesture" to a good friend whose opinions I respect. At no time was there the slightest duplicity. Indeed, it is the suggestion of duplicity in the tenor of the Crimson article that compels me to respond, at great length, with considerable inconvenience and personal agitation, to what should at most be a minor sub-editorial matter. Obviously my poem...
...intense aura of fear created by these actions--all of these are abhorrent to us. Neither in word nor in deed do we wish to be associated with such policies and actions. On the contrary, we stand solidly in support of the movement to bring about an atmosphere of respect for human rights in South Korea...