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Word: accept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blame for the Republican defeat cannot be placed on any one man; especially not on Mr. Hamilton. Up to date, no one in the party has shown the vigor, and hard hitting speaking ability of the present chairman, and the Republicans would be taking an unwise step if they accept his resignation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FISH STORY | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...that a common desire to end these allegations has been evinced on all sides, the future augurs well for eastern football, represented to a large extent as it is by the Ivy League members. If, and the if is all important, member coaches can be brought to accept definite training seasons, limited spring practice, standard rules, etc., the Ivy League will work. It has had an auspicious birth and has the practical support of seven great Universities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON THE BAND-WAGON | 12/15/1936 | See Source »

Some 1,200 of these Mennonites may not accept old-age pensions when they begin to come due in 1942, but 26,000,000 other U. S. citizens doubtless will. Among them is John David Sweeney Jr., blue-eyed, sturdy, unmarried, 23. After graduating last June from Princeton, where he belonged to Colonial Club, he took a month off in Bermuda, then went to work as shipping clerk in his father's business the Royal Eastern Electrical Supply Co. of Brooklyn. He lives with his family in a 15-room house in suburban New Rochelle, N. Y. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SERVICE: Pensioners | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...collect taxes from them and their employers. Last week in Washington it was made known that the Social Security Board was preparing to propose to Congress the creation of a voluntary Government insurance system for these 16,000,000 pensionless citizens. To be administered by the Board, it would accept premiums of as little as $1 per month, pay maximum annuities of $50 per month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOCIAL SERVICE: Pensioners | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...cities blighted by the car-watching racket, by drafting amendments to the Traffic Code and City Charter forbidding it. Before they were passed, to City Magistrate Anthony F. Burke was brought 18-year-old Negro John Preston who admitted soliciting to watch cars, pleaded that no one had to accept his services. "That's a lot of horsefeathers!'' snapped the Magistrate, giving Negro Preston 15 days in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Car-Watchers | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

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