Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Radcliffe approves of Harvard brains, even considering them socially acceptable. "Dates are more fun if the fellow is slightly more than a complete moron," said a freshman, "and in this respect, Crimson men fulfill requirements...
...driven by pride, rather than narrow acquisitiveness. He had a Spartan sense of duty, discipline and self-control. He was an airman's airman who respected a good mechanic as another man might respect a concert pianist, and who felt that all good pilots were touched with greatness. He liked to see other .men succeed. He had a hellraiser's humor and an odd humbleness which prevented him from posing as a man of destiny. And at his core-steely, stainless and incorruptible-was a gladiator's indomitability...
...himself in all of them through a series of posters. These bear a picture of him, the words "Captain Eddie Says:"-and various Rickenbacker-ish homilies on the value of thrift, safety and patriotism. Some of his employees refer to the poster picture as Big Brother-but they all respect...
...done. As Amherst withdrew from Peking, the snub was subtly underscored. In the streets he passed a beggar, who rose up deferentially. Amherst's mandarin escort instantly commanded the beggar to sit down again-"the British ambassador," dolefully observed his secretary, "not being now considered deserving respect even from the lowest class of society...
...Siberia by some horsemen who like to take their strings to the warmer climates of South Carolina, Florida or Southern California. But in a mild winter, Hill Prince had missed only three days of outside work on his private training track. His run last week earned him a new respect with the customers. Two days after Hill Prince's performance at Jamaica, the bookmakers had established him as a close Derby favorite (4-1) with Tulsa Oilman Tom Gray's Oil Capitol...