Word: accept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Deal organ at a loss and needed help, has been denied. But Publisher Stern did telephone John L. Lewis, to whose C.I.O. the Guild belongs. In subsequent telephone conversations with Guild officials in Manhattan, Mr. Lewis muttered something about "the White House." He advised the Guild to accept the proposition "the way Stern wants it." The Guild did so. Said Publisher Stern: "You would lend money to your grandmother. Why not to your boss...
...examples of ungodliness. In 1922 Variety launched a scorching drive against carnival evils. Of 240 carnivals in the U.S., it found only 20 entirely free from such vices as crooked gambling and lewd sideshows. In one year, Variety kept 26 "black" carnivals from getting bookings, to this day will accept no carnival advertising...
Many scientists accept the theory that sunlight influences conception and hence that Eskimos are sterile during the long Arctic nights. In last week's Science, Zoologist Wayne L. Whitaker of the University of Michigan rose to defend Eskimo potency. Analysis of all the births in West Greenland between the years 1901 and 1930 shows that more conceptions occurred in April, the first month of spring, and December, the Eskimos' visiting season, than in any other months. His conclusions: 1) whatever sexual debility may have been observed by early explorers is probably due to famine during the lone, cruel...
...constitution he helped draft in 1915 was submitted and turned down mostly in one big lump, Mr. Smith last week urged his fellow delegates to split up the 1938 edition for submission to the people. Result: at next fall's election, voters will have a chance to accept or reject eight main sections, and a ninth catchall containing all the rest of the convention's handiwork...
...halo by your school friends? Whatever the answer, be open-minded when you reach Cambridge--and that means be suspicious of everyone and everything until you are sure in your own maturing mind who and what is good or bad. If you come with an open mind, you will accept with equanimity the eccentricities of the Harvard community. You will be prepared to sign your name in Memorial Hall on registration day until your arm is numb; you will keep solicitors at arm's length, especially those who try to sell you heat, or Anderson bridge, or a funny magazine...