Word: accept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...expects to survive. It is my duty to see that the Government of the Commonwealth lives within its means and stands foursquare on a well-balanced budget. . . . We are among the least-taxed people in the world, and therefore when necessity arises we should be willing to accept the burden of increased taxation. ... I shan't fail...
...third book revealed that Lewis Corey could combine his scholarly knowledge with an emotional appeal. Addressed to small businessmen, minor executives, white collar workers, architects, engineers, The Crisis of the Middle Class is designed to show them the hopelessness of their future under Fascism, to persuade them to accept Socialist ideals. Differing from his previous books in its greater conciseness, it is also more pungently phrased, rises in a few passages to what can be called economic eloquence...
...legal holiday that would cause difficulties at Harvard. If he had proclaimed Monday as the day of much eating, many students who now remain in Cambridge would be able to share the family turkey at home. Yet the sad fact remains that Thursday is the day. University Hall should accept this fact as inevitable and issue a proclamation about the entire weekend...
Conduct remains a personal matter only as long as individuals accept the responsibility which this concept involves. When any large group of them fail to understand, consciously or unconsciously, that they must avoid inflicting useless suffering on others, the matter concerns the community in which they live...
...tried to compromise with itself and with other government agencies where no compromise is possible. Either the AAA must beat a complete retreat, or we must accept a thorough-going socialistic regime. Either the government must have absolute control of land, people, and industry in order to coordinate all the factors in production, or government must allow individual initiative relatively complete freedom. It is an inescapable choice which lies before us. Yet the present administration does not clearly recognize this fact, apparently thinks it is possible to exist half-slave and half-free...