Word: respects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...report had been drawn up in routine fashion by the committee staff, Vandenberg explained, and had not been reviewed by the committee itself. Said Vandenberg: "I think it is obvious that certain reforms in the Chinese government and the basic Chinese economy are necessary . . . [but] I deeply respect the tremendous patriotic labors and the integrity of the great and courageous Generalissimo. ... I have always supported and continue to support him against the armed Chinese Communists...
...Last week Visitor Joliot-Curie was still erupting. In Seattle, she gave her explanation-the usual Communist line-of U.S.-Soviet tension. The entire trouble, she announced, lay with U.S. citizens, who "look with much more favor on fascism than on Communism." Her reasoning: "Americans think fascism has more respect for money...
...Jewish Agency warned that Jerusalem would become a battlefield when the British withdrew. Said a spokesman: ". . . In any battle for Jerusalem we would be most anxious to respect the holy places but, in practice, it will be impossible...
...frosty-eyed, all-seeing, silent Buddha. He sat on the bench, an empty space on either side of him, more unapproachable than ever. The only Boston player brash enough to sit near him is Ted Williams, who calls him "Mister McCarthy" with an inflection that might pass for respect but might also be a star player's impudence. The Boston sportwriters have already declared a cold war on Marse Joe because of his gruff refusal to answer questions. Said a Boston Post sportwriter: "I don't talk to him, unless absolutely necessary...
Dean Irwin N. Griswold, next to occupy the podium, joined in recognition of the expertly executed place, and only regretted that he "had to have his back to it" most of the time. This respect for art did not prevent the Dean from ordering its removal by the end of the fourth lecture in the classroom...