Word: respectively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...obvious interest in all the people, his careful preparation for every battle and his willingness to stick his neck out have finally won him the respect of some of his old enemies. Wrote the New RePublic's Washington columnist, T.R.B.: "Tactless, humorless and almost incapable of dissimulation, Taft is, to our mind, also diligent and courageous. His willingness to assume responsibility is poles away from those former G.O.P. New Deal critics who were merely willing to attack...
...straightest faces in all the world would not assure respect for a hose and bucket solemnly set up as a protection against forest fires, even though these do constitute "a step in the right direction...
...must know perfectly well that there is absolutely nothing in the U.S.A. to inspire respect. Some people and some poorer countries may envy the mighty U.S.A. dollar and the American standard of living. Others may admire the manufacturing capacity and all the wonderful technical, scientific, industrial, etc. discoveries and advances which have come from your country . . . . But no one in the world respects anything of your country, in the full and real sense of the word like one does an Einstein, British Justice, Sweden, Toscanini, Switzerland, the dignity and patriotism of the Germans hung in Nuörnberg...
General Marshall himself gave the signal for his return. His delicate tasks had won him respect and affection from both Communist and Kuomintang leaders, but his mission had been almost hopeless from the start. In recent months, it had been put beyond the pale of possibility by Nationalist military successes and the stubbornness of China's Communists. Still, George Marshall, the good soldier, wanted to see it through. When China's new constitution was signed and sealed a fortnight ago, his mission was over...
...retired to civilian life, General Deane was head of the U.S. Military Mission to Moscow, 1943-45. As such he was senior U.S. military officer in the Soviet Union, coordinating land, sea, air and Lend-Lease activities. In almost every respect, he reports, the Russians acted as friends and allies only when it suited their purpose. Most of the time they played hard-to-get, wore a surly, suspicious look, now & then did not even trouble to acknowledge official letters. Then suddenly they would be all smiles and dazzlingly amiable gestures, complete with vodka and caviar...