Word: accept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...runs the Department of Justice but the Solicitor General is his right-hand man, the Government's No. 1 trial lawyer. Knowing Franklin Roosevelt's preferences, insiders were sure that the New Deal's Solicitor General would be Felix Frankfurter, if that Harvard Law Schooler would accept. Hard was the road of those who wanted to beat Professor Frankfurter...
...Please accept the thanks of 20th Century Pictures, Inc. for bringing to our attention, through the columns of TIME [Feb. 4] the story of Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd. We are at present preparing a scenario based on the career of Dr. Mudd, which will be produced this summer...
...asking you to accept this appointment with a definite understanding that if you find yourself unable to serve as long as I hope may be possible, I shall, although reluctantly, release you from further service on your request...
...raise corn and tobacco which are best adapted for the efforts of man and horse. Last year the Pennsylvania Amishmen joined in the reduction of crops by voluntarily curtailing their tobacco acreage. They puzzled many a Washington official, played hob with many an AAA balance sheet, by refusing to accept any Government benefit money. Since then, however, as result of a referendum held in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Ohio, tobacco-growers who do not sign contracts are liable to a 33⅔% tax on the sale price of their crop. Other Mennonite farmers have therefore signed. But not the Amishmen, despite...
Rubber Year. A sprawling giant is U. S. Rubber Co. which makes rubber in Sumatra, tires in Detroit, footwear in Naugatuck. machine belts in Passaic, hot water bottles in Providence. Tires are the principal product, but its salesmen will accept orders for engravers' gum and fruit jar rubbers. It has so many subsidiaries that most statistical services do not bother to list them all. Last week there was hardly a stir when U. S. Rubber announced that it had dropped 16 subsidiaries last year, was preparing to drop 15 more, bringing the total down to 31. Simultaneously President Francis...