Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Respect for fundamental standards of fairness and precision and accuracy are as important in the newspaper profession as in any other. Your editorial meets none of these criteria. William P. Homans, Jr. '41 Representative, Second Middlesex District...
...Saturday paseo of boys and girls circling the town plaza in opposite directions to look each other over and flirt their way into marriage. They are careful to cover their mouths against the night air "to avoid catching cold," and not to gush over a Mexican baby, out of respect for the Indians' belief that this will give the child the evil eye. They say "This is your home" when guests enter their houses, and they serve frijoles instead of potatoes and tortillas instead of white bread...
...Negroes need to recover their self-respect. Though sit-ins have not accomplished much materially, they have given Negroes cause for pride: whites have had to bargain with them as equals. Similarly, by stressing Negro superiority -racist though that message is-the Black Muslims have had astonishing success straightening out the lives of lower-class Negroes, curing them of drug addiction, alcoholism and self-hate...
...Faculty should respect the recommendation of the CEP and retain the valuable flexibility of the present CLGS rules...
...Teachers respect them, they win numerous academic honors, frequently they hold top posts on extracurricular activities. They are praised as "extremely competent," "well organized," "commendable." And thus rewarded, they are supremely satisfied. Their world is orderly. The best men win. They have gotten "a lot out of" their courses. Their parents swell with pride...