Word: respectively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thing the U.S. troops were learning was a healthy respect for the British. Said one American who watched the action at Fondouk: "I wish that those American strategists who beef about the British in the Stork Club could have breathed the dust of this valley today...
...teacher, Nadi insists on strict observance of the punctilio of fencing, even to a show of courtesy toward the judges-for whom Nadi usually has only the most perfunctory respect. In saluting an opponent, a Nadi fencer must hold his mask in his left hand with four fingers on top, look his adversary straight in the eye, bring the blade of his weapon up before his right eye, then sweep it down and to the right. The blade, says Nadi, must whistle through the air, must under no circumstances commit the "frightful discord" of striking the floor...
...promoted to the first grade after 30 days' good conduct. Even third-grade prisoners can advance upon recommendation of the center's commanding officer. First-grade prisoners can go into honor companies, which, says General McNeil, "will appeal to any man who has pride or self-respect...
American airmen heard this pronouncement with the respect due the most thoroughly experienced air force in the world. But they did not agree. Dive-bombing, conceived and brought to its highest perfection by the U.S. Navy, is still thoroughly alive in the U.S. forces. In the Pacific, the Douglas Dauntless (SBD) is still the most effective aerial weapon in the fleet, has done more damage than torpedo planes. Result of its showing: the Army Air Forces is now gladly taking instruction from Navy airmen on dive-bombing technique, and has taken up the SBD, which the Air Forces call...
...James was chief of the Times's Bureau in Paris, where he so won the respect and friendship of French officials that he was made a member of the French Legion of Honor. In Paris he covered the arrival of Atlantic Flyer Lindbergh, considers that one of the most important stories he ever handled...