Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sons of the affluent society tend to be taller, broader and-initially at least-a mite softer than depression-reared Willie and Joe of World War II vintage. Johnson's Army greets them much as he himself might: with a conscious effort to respect their individual dignity. Even more incredible to yesteryear's warriors is the official aura of sobersided respectability that Johnson has tried valiantly to imbue...
...plus 340 weapons. They arrested 346 Viet Cong and V.C. suspects, killed 54 guerrillas. In the process they lost only one canh sat-a ratio of effectiveness that if equaled by the regular armies for only a few weeks, would soon end the war. They are fast winning deep respect from their U.S. allies and from enemy terrorists...
...Cessna 180 piloted by Roman Catholic Priest Keith Kenny swooped low over the San Joaquin valley vineyards outside Delano, Calif. Through a bullhorn another priest, the Rev. Arnold Meagher, shouted to the cluster of Mexican grape pickers below: "Huelga! Strike! Respect the picket lines. Don't be strikebreakers...
Gruening then read a 1954 letter from Eisenhower to the late President Diem of South Vietnam which promised only U.S. financial aid "to help move several hundred thousand people from North to South" if Diem's government maintained "Certain standards of performance" that included local reforms and respect both at home and abroad...
Last year, C.C.N.Y. swordsmen came to Cambridge expecting to clobber Harvard's usual collection of mediocre fencers. The best Crimson squad in 13 years sent them away with a 17-10 drubbing and an increased respect for Harvard fencing...