Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...consequence the most ambitious young people develop skills either in positions where white men will accept them, such as catering; or where they can attract a great deal of fairly high priced Negro business, such as directing funerals; or in positions where they can gain their community's unquestioning respect, such as pastoring in a Negro Church or teaching in the Negro High School...
...principal of the Negro High School here has been the most powerful figure in the colored community for the past 30 years. White men speak his name with a certain amount of respect, and a few even call him "Dr." in recognition of some questionable degree. This title adds to the impression that the principal is forever trying to sustain: by using (and often misusing) large words and grand concepts, he succeeds in persuading the majority of the Negro community that his intelligence and high level of education have made him omniscient. To prevent anyone from challenging this notion...
...Chicago and suburban newspapers, nor any of the local radio and television stations, reported the Birmingham demonstrations as factually, sincerely, and with such profound respect as it was in the Nation section of May 17. I am convinced that irrespective of a subscriber's agreement with TIME, one must read it in order to be honestly informed...
...some ways, though. Seltzer and Vail are very much alike. Each is a natty dresser. Each is concerned primarily with his paper's editorial content rather than its business operation. Each is an avid Cleveland booster. And each has a healthy respect for the other. "I happen to believe Louis Seltzer has a lot on the ball." says Vail. Seltzer returns the compliment, though somewhat more subtly. "My catalyst is competition and collision." says he. "When I'm pushed hardest, that's when I feel best. I sure as hell feel real good right...
...Dusen, 65, will live with his wife Betty in a home they bought last year in Princeton, but is not likely to settle merely for the "three Rs" he once proposed as ideal for his state of life: rustication, reading and reflection. As a farewell gesture of respect, Union named Van Dusen to a brand-new traveling professorship, which will start by taking him on a tour of churches and seminaries in Africa...