Word: self-respect
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Restraint, notes Mr. Edgar, is now characteristic of our leading institutions as loud and glorified boorishness was in the last decade, and there are definite signs of a growing sense of dignity and self-respect on the nation's campus...
...this mean that he was going to buck the Navy's demand for Japanese equality? Suavely Admiral Okada covered himself, "I repeat that it is not in my mind to expect such radical changes so suddenly but I do not favor the present ratio principle. It hurts the self-respect of nations...
...standards belonging to others have no place in the "Journey." The other characters do not take shape with anything near the same success. Robinson, a fellow inmate of the war hospital who appears intermittently throughout the book seems simply a variation of Bardamn himself, one whose moral sense and self-respect have mired deeper and deeper in futility, filth, and fear. The others leave little personality impression behind them. The translation by Mr. Marks is excellent and displays a remarkable knowledge of the English language and a great facility in American slang...
...remember of the book describes Dick's effort to refute the doctors' predictions and to retain his self-respect and professional position in the face of Nicole's enormous wealth. Perhaps he might have succeeded if he had not been disillusioned in his love for Rosemary Hoyt, a newcomer to their villa...
...responsibility for the next war if it comes will rest definitely upon the former allied powers. Not unlike Germany they too would he willing to fight for their self-respect and independence from foreign tutelage had the outcome been reversed. Peace can be assured by giving Germany a chance to handle her domestic and foreign policies as she sees fit. MENTOR...