Word: accept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...goat herder in the hills of Bulgaria." A significant prophecy by President George Berry: "There will be a new political alignment before the 1940 election. I conceive it important that we who are opposed to the return of reaction . . . should prepare ourselves to meet the inevitable and not again accept crumbs from the table but participate in the feast that has to do with the permanent establish ment of a liberal party, if necessary, in the United States in 1940." Should such a third party, the lifelong dream of many a U. S. liberal, materialize, it would be a tall...
Whereas the 200 members of the Families' assembly used to vote in clannish secrecy, it seemed probable last week that a great number of ihe 40,000 newly eligible stockholders would accept their invitations to next month's assembly to ballot in the Bank's most publicized Assembly. All the great rooms in the Bank of France could not hold them and Bank officials last week seriously considered hiring an open-air stadium for the Bank meeting. Last week the Bank announced that stockholders must give three weeks' notice of their intention to vote, must vote...
...prosperity certificates started off fairly well. They were used to pay in part relief workers, legislators, Cabinet members, Premier Aberhart. They were accepted by most retail stores. The first day, Alberta merchants gave "hard money" change to purchasers with prosperity certificates. On second thought they made change in credit slips or required buyers to spend a whole certificate. A list of wholesalers who had agreed to accept certificates from retailers was published. Trumpeted Premier Aberhart: "You'll have to get used to using something else than this little thing [waving a real dollar bill] for money...
Money is, by definition, as good as people think it is, and Premier Aberhart's money was last week about as good as Albertans think Premier Aberhart is. Most merchants were willing to accept the certificates up to the total of their sales taxes, which Premier Aberhart had said were payable in certificates. Beyond that point Albertan merchants began to balk. Prosperity Certificates began appearing in Sunday collection plates and the Edmonton Journal asserted that only two of Edmonton's 218 stores were accepting unlimited quantities of scrip...
...immediately reinsured by the new company at the original rates, but the holders of noncancelable disability policies were told they had only two alternatives: 1) to file a claim with the California Insurance Commissioner or 2) to reinsure their policies in the new company at the original rates and accept benefit reductions ranging up to 80%. However claims now being paid under these policies would not be affected by the change...