41.   Accorsi has managed to earn the respect of almost all of his peers, something few executives in the cutthroat NFL have managed.

42.   After all, it was Messner doing the talking, someone who has spent a life earning respect, with too much pride to spiral into phantasm.

43.   Adam said he is anxious to qualify so he can begin earning respect in the Cup garage.

44.   After three seasons of national ridicule, Switzer finally has earned respect as coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

45.   All the years he tried to earn the respect of a chauvinistic American boxing public, all the years so many top heavyweights avoided him had finally paid off.

46.   Brown has had to overcome a couple of obstacles to earn that respect, Botzios explained.

47.   But foreign policy heavyweights who write for the magazine say that Foreign Affairs has retained its seriousness and that Hoge has earned their respect.

48.   But have the Dodgers earned the respect of the Giants and Diamondbacks, who have combined to win the past three division titles?

49.   But Hardaway said the new-look Magic will earn respect.

50.   But he has earned their respect with his work ethic.