Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long history of American foreign policy, no thought has weighed more heavily upon the U.S. than the Jeffersonian injunction to pay "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind"-a respect that the U.S. has always hoped mankind would return. But last week, in Belgrade, the leaders of 25 neutral nations, calling themselves "the conscience of mankind," issued a formal statement with the predictable condemnations of Western colonialism-and not one word of direct censure for the Soviet resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests. Shocked by the anti-Western tone of the statement, Washington could only wonder whether...
...disagrees. In the long run, world opinion shows devotion to certain moral standards that we ought always to honor in our behavior. In the short run, however, and on particular issues, it may assume positions that are based on ignorance and bigotry and that don't deserve our respect for a moment...
...choosing Scharf to succeed crusty Bishop Otto Dibelius last February as head of the Evangelical Church, the synod bore in mind his reputation for dealing with the Reds in a way that won their grudging respect. Said one top Communist official: "Give me Scharf rather than any other churchman. At least I understand what he wants." And in office Kurt Scharf has been uniquely free to attend church meetings across the border-even on occasion to go abroad, as he did for the enthronement of Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey as Archbishop of Canterbury...
...like this. "The police cannot fight crime and the public at the same time." protests New York Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy. And New York Magistrate Aaron Goldstein says in shocked bewilderment: "I don't know what kind of animals we have in this town. Is there no respect? Is there no decency...
...Children of Sanchez, by Oscar Lewis. A tape-recorded documentary in which each of five members of a slum-dwelling Mexico City family tells of his own struggle for respect, love and individuality. Far from the dusty aridities of social science, the book offers a powerful, touching and intimate view of the long, and far from simple, annals of the poor...