Word: accept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prall, the subtle theorist of esthetic problems, is evidently irritated beyond endurance by Sorokin's treatment. "In fact," Prall cries out, "Professor Sorokin rejects all art; the term means to him only 'subject matter' ". According to Prall, it would be absurd to accept Professor Sorokin's terms, and "as a guide to the fluctuations (of art) through the centuries a blind man is no help...
Meantime, a more notable reopening occurred near Los Angeles, where Northrop aircraft, subsidiary of big Douglas Aircraft, operated again after a seven-week strike. President Donald Douglas had also declared that he was through, and followed up by revealing that the Army had refused to accept delivery of Northrop fighting planes because of "indicated sabotage...
...Committee was soon lucky in reaching virtual unanimity on the British scheme to secure "substantial" withdrawal of volunteers fighting on both sides in Spain, then accord full belligerent rights to both Leftists and Rightists (TIME, Nov. 1). "There is not a single member of the committee who does not accept [The Scheme], excepting Russia," announced Viscount Cranborne, an acting chairman. "Yet I think it may be that even Russia tomorrow may see her way to accept...
...idea whether they would sell 60,000 or 600,000 copies. First issue of the 10? monthly gravure picture magazine was a 705,000 sellout, and the present 1,700,000 circulation came in generous leaps & bounds as the monthly became a fortnightly. But Look did not decide to accept advertising until three months ago when the Brothers Cowles took Ned Doyle, a wiry, 34-year-old Hibernian, from the eastern advertising managership of Cosmopolitan. Mr. Doyle was given 13 solicitors and sent to sell space, warned not to accept hard liquor, beer or objectionable patent medicine...
...Plymouth. Mass., Postmaster William Goodwin opened a postage-due envelope in his office, found a $450 check, returned it to the sender. The Duxbury addressee had refused to accept the letter because one cent...