Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence," said Author John Steinbeck 60. "But I am impelled not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession." Perhaps it was the fact that he stood on the Stockholm rostrum with five scientists (one American, four British) or perhaps it was just the old itch to shock. But at the end of his acceptance speech Steinbeck took the occasion to suggest a small revision...
...highest salary in twelve terms was only $9,300. But Bridgeport, Conn.'s late Mayor Jasper McLevy, 84, a Socialist with a banker's respect for a dollar, proved as frugal with his own funds as he had been with those of his city. He left an estate of $125,000, most of which goes to his wife and family, with one $600 bequest set aside to establish an appropriate annual essay prize for high school seniors. Subject: "How to Set Up an Annual Budget for the City of Bridgeport...
Jansky knew that because of the earth's motion while it orbits the sun. the sidereal day, which measures the earth's rotation with respect to the stars, is four minutes shorter than the 24-hour solar day. He concluded that the hiss in his earphones was caused by radio waves from beyond...
...polished up his American vernacular in a P.W. camp in Mississippi. Conceded by all hands to be a skilled negotiator, he is a party-shunning bachelor who devotes twelve hours a day to his job and is held by many to be a dull fellow. But he inspires deep respect in his subordinates-who meticulously address him as "Mr. President"-and is capable of a corrosive wit that is not far from arrogance...
...think that the police should be upheld in their belief that they are the law and that whatever they do is right," Washington continued. "I deserve respect merely because I am a person. I have seem others who were beaten without anyone's ever hearing about it. This is a brutality case that will be heard. "My nose is broken, my eye was blackened, I have to use crutches, because I wasn't a 'yessir, boss...