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    Patricia Smythe is a very respectable member of the community. I'll have you know that I run a respectable boarding house!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    She earns a respectable living. A respectable number of people showed up. Climbing Annapurna, though it is not Everest, is a respectable feat
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The board decided that the film is not respectable enough to be shown to schoolchildren