Word: respective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Truth is that it is so hard that over 10,000 different Muncie people voluntarily have just contributed some $31,000, an oversubscription of around $3,500, to erect a memorial entitled "Beneficience" in honor of the Balls. This is an expression of love and respect that we have for the Ball family, than which there is no finer in the nation. They are just plain folks, unostentatious, friendly, democratic to the core, representative of the best in American life. In an unusual degree they consider their wealth as a public trust...
...climbing on a Mongolian pony and playing a fast game of polo. As U. S. Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Forbes displayed no less aplomb at his diplomatic tasks in Tokyo during the strained days of the Manchurian crisis. His wealth, tact and toughness won him such respect among the Japanese that at a farewell banquet before his return to the U. S. the president of the House of Peers declared him "a worthy compeer of George Washington...
...only by such fair dealing has Texas Tycoon Jesse Jones (who weighs 230 lb. and stands six foot three) won the respect alike of lovers and haters of the New Deal. In Washington he has been noted for two peculiarities, one literal, the other figurative: his flat feet and his level head. Last week at the time his article in Satevepost was doing a favor to Old Dealer Dawes, Jesse Jones was in Philadelphia, receiving an LL.D. from Temple University and doing a favor to the New Deal by expounding a practical man's reasons for supporting it. Said...
Here was the most serious blow to Rightist chances in mary months. Of all the Rightist generals who have thrown in their chances with Franco, spectacled, bateared Emilio Mola was the one whom officious German and Italian staff officers treated with most respect...
People who learned to respect Henderson's taste and judgment often forgot that he was as much at home in navigation as in music. For years the U. S. Navy used his Elements of Navigation, written in 1895. He wrote three children's books: Sea Yarns for Boys, Afloat with the Flag, and The Last Cruise of the Mohawk. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Henderson commanded the first detachment of naval militia to enter Federal service since the Civil...