Now, "it's almost like Nixon has become respectable," he says.

Still, the sections on the 60's and beyond are less energetic than those chronicling the early years, maybe because the iconoclasts had become respectable.

Ultimately it was only by becoming respectable that the movie industry would continue to survive as a free entrepreneurial enterprise.

Friends warn Torrey that he is in danger of becoming respectable.

"It said that bankruptcy was becoming more respectable as a tool of corporate strategy."

Not only did tipping become respectable, it became expected, a regular part of a service worker's household budget.

They were a lot more stringent with applicants than in his Pa's day: colonies had become almost respectable.

Just let time pass and we will again see the "L" word become respectable.

"I assume your decision to marry up in the world is all part of your scheme for becoming respectable?"

They told me the will to fight was becoming quite respectable.