Word: respective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most inexcusable of your blunders is that which calls Washington a Deist, and likens him in this respect to Thomas Paine, then goes on to insinuate that Washington lent his influence to the perpetuation of religion in spite of this assumed fact, because he was an "able politician." This is to brand Washington a hypocrite. There are many pages in his public addresses and messages which no Deist could sincerely have written. Take, for example, the passage in his message to the governors of the States when disbanding the army, June 8, 1783, beginning "I now make it my earnest...
...were closely associated with him on the CRIMSON board learned not only to respect him, but to love him for his kindly humor and true friendship. Since then he kept in close touch with his classmates through his secretary-ship of the Class of 1904, and by virtue of his wide interest in all Harvard affairs. At every reunion he was our guide, philosopher, and friend...
...customary in French courts to employ the title "maitre," a term of respect...
Favor. "Let the Federal Reserve System alone" was a caution wholeheartedly endorsed. Said Melvin Alvah Traylor, retiring president of the Association: "Nothing could be more unfortunate than that there should be further legislative action with respect to our banking system." In the absence of U. S. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, kept at home through illness in his family, discussion on foreign loans was dropped...
...With the most profound respect, attachment, and sense of obligation...