respectability

There may be no way back to respectability for a supposedly major nation, let alone a global power, after “Vladimir, STOP!”

The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and social commentary.

Colleen Dolan, an education expert with expertise in Stephen King film adaptations, tells Salon, “B***hery gets them out of the straightjacket of respectability, what Betty Friedan had called the ‘feminine mystique.’

She slated Warwick for using his position as minister to add a "veneer of respectability" to the scam.

He said Stewart was popular and "hid in plain sight behind a facade of respectability" and his victims were often afraid to report him due to his status.