Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the rule of the majority becomes the tyranny of the majority, the minority will cease to respect or obey...
...looking for affection and respect A little passion And you want stimulation-nothing more That's what I think But you know I'll try to be there for you When your spirits start to sink But rock-'n'-roll publications seldom discussed the substance of her songs. Record reviews often became forays into her private life. At first the publicity had little effect on Joni's writing. She said, "If I express a truthful emotion that is pure and honest, then I consider the poem a success." But when Rolling Stone published a chart...
Once the Vice President is installed, other changes of personnel are scheduled to follow. Top man to depart will be Roy Ash, director of the Office of Management and Budget. A prickly personality, Ash has won the respect of the President for his diligence, but he is too closely identified with the policies of the Nixon Administration to stay on in that job. He will be replaced, in fact, by another Nixon appointee, James Lynn, 47, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Despite his Nixonian background, Lynn has impressed friend and foe alike with his administrative ability and political know...
...mistake" in Chile. In a pained voice he said, "What I don't understand is how a country that loves democracy like the United States could try to use the CIA to stop democracy in Chile. Salvador Allende is the president of the Chilean people, we elected him. I respect the people of America, I love freedom just like they do. When you go back there you tell them the truth about Chile." I looked out the taxi window at the trees in the pale autumn sunshine. There was no doubt that winter would come soon, the leaves...
Brill shows considerable versatility in portraying Lenny both as a successful comedian and a man struggling for his livelihood and the respect of his peers. The second act is dominated by scenes that expose Lenny's personal deterioration from the stresses of litigation and legal stumbling blocks, and Brill handles these with as much sensitivity as his comic routines in the first...