Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...understanding of the "qualities which have made this country great -a respect for the freedom of people to work for themselves, their families, their communities; and this with a minimum of interference from government...
...Ababa, stopped off in Tanganyika. Arriving 20 minutes early for a private dinner at Arusha's plush Safari hotel at the foot of cloud-capped Mount Meru, Toure seemed miffed because 1) European and African guests quietly relaxing in the lobby did not "stand as a mark of respect to him," 2) the hotel was not decorated by either flowers or the national flags of Tanganyika and Guinea. After the Toure party stalked out, the Tanganyikan government closed down the hotel, evicting its 28 guests. Explained an African official: "We are very sensitive to no appreciation of our dignity...
...guards kept watch around the clock. That night the Pope lay alone, except for guards, almost on the spot from which he had addressed his his toric Vatican Council II. In the next two days, more than 1,000,000 people shuffled by the body to pay their last respects. On Thursday night, the body, inside a triple coffin of walnut, lead and cypress, was placed in the crypt beneath St. Peter's; eventually, in accordance with John's wishes, it will be moved to the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Pope's cathedral as Bishop...
...Program was also conservative in another respect. It intended simply to fill existing needs that had developed since the thirties. No reserve was allowed to finance future expansion or to prepare for the anticipated surge of applicants for College admission in the coming decade...
...same time she is consistently impressed with the high quality of the work turned in to her. She has said many times that she has "the highest respect" for Harvard and Radcliffe undergraduates. "They work as hard as they can, help each other magnificently, and hand in first-rate research material...