Word: respective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...With deepest respect...
...oldtime, blundering, self-crucifying British individualism; for an egotism whose one sinew is self-respect, that Author Ford's central figure stands. When the War came, Christopher Tietjens of Groby, ponderous, gentle, clumsy, omniscient, was already under the triply complicated strain of an abnormally faithless wife, financial difficulties and his love for Valentine Wannop, a young person of much head and spirit. In Some Do Not (1924) he resisted his need for Valentine as his mistress despite the facts that divorce from his Catholic wife was impossible; that Valentine was his perfect complement, and knew it; and that...
...term in 1928. Charge: he was not a "home town man." Slogan: "Chicago jobs for Chicagoans." Mayor Dever mentioned "acquaintance with the local atmosphere" as desirable in the occupant of Dr. McAndrew's position. This phrase even the "home town's" loudest newspaper took to mean sympathy for politicians; respect for a federation of querulous teachers led by one Margaret Haley and a "not too sensitive, so to speak . . . olfactory nerve...
...audience. Such, however is not the case. The dignified atmosphere of the place stands out so clearly that to some of the more collegiate it must be painful. Perhaps the aristocratic ushers with a college education and baby blue tuxedoes so impress the student body that silence and respect are the only sufficient forms of applause...
Fortunately for us, these latter have been legion. Something in their spontaneity in the unprompted sincerity of their respect, betrays perhaps more than anything they say in concrete words. For three months, people have gone out of their way to pay tribute to Charles William Eliot: In his death he proved his right to the title given him by Mr. Root, "the first citizen of the country out of public office." He had not achieved this by compromise. The Manchester Guardian, with some detachment, is surprised that Dr. Eliot won such a pre-eminent position in American national life without...