Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Naturally he incurred government displeasure and anger, but at the same time he earned the respect of people, both black and white, who subscibe to the idea of free speech," Kunene said...
...disagreement was over Carter's insistence that India must be ready to comply with a law that Congress is expected to pass requiring on-site inspection of any nuclear materials the U.S. sells to other nations. Desai just as adamantly insisted that as a matter of "self-respect" India cannot accept such inspection-at least until the U.S. and U.S.S.R. start reducing their own nuclear stockpiles. Carter agreed to sell India the heavy water and uranium that it needs for its nuclear reactors. Whether a sharp letter from Secretary of State Vance will follow is now uncertain because...
...abroad. He has seen the poverty of India, the grimness of Poland, the civilized beauty of France. Conversations with the likes of Prime Minister Desai of India and President Giscard of France will enhance his sophistication in foreign affairs. People were interested in Carter, seemed to like him and respect him. He did not excite them or move them. Yet he seemed to leave every country with a better feeling about him and the U.S. than it had when he arrived...
...competent actress who cannot pirouette her way out of a paper bag (Anne Bancroft) in one of the two lead roles--a middle-aged ballerina clearly in decline--and supporting her with two genuine ballet stars (Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne) in significant if minor roles. Realism and a respect for the irreplaceable skills of a tested movie star blend nicely in Ross' polished parable about the world of ballet and the thoughts about the roads not taken fostered by the onset of middle...
...scene in the disco tells the audience why. During the week, Tony is a nobody in a dull job with an unrewarding family life. Yet once he enters the 2001 he becomes an object of respect, of admiration, of attention. As he and his friends walk in, the crowd parts. People's heads begin turning, just like a "My broker is E.F. Hutton..." commercial set to music. Beautiful women come to Tony's table to ask him to dance, or to be allowed to wipe off his sweaty forehead. And Manero can really dance...