Word: accept
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University suspended its use of the NDEA funds last week because the Kennedy-Clark bill, which would have removed the "offensive" affidavit, had been shelved. Members of the administration have not commented specifically on the pledge of allegiance, but it seems likely the University would accept funds with only the pledge proviso attached...
Oliver said his committee would tell the Council why it favors returning to N.S.A. and would present a motion to rejoin, which the Council could either accept or reject...
...Back home," says Cafe Filho, "I got fine offers from companies seeking congressional favors or government contracts. I did not think it was right to accept...
Msgr. Joseph A. McCaffrey's denunciation of "coddlers" and "do-gooders" as the chief contributing factors to New York's juvenile crimes [Sept. 14] seems to ignore completely the basic source of trouble. The Roman Catholic Church must accept its fair share of the responsibility. As long as the church insists on its adherents bringing children into the world regardless of their ability or prospects of providing them with decent homes, so long shall we require "more jails" to meet "force with force...
...Ashmore and Gazette Publisher John N. ("Ned") Heiskell made it clear that the departure was no retreat. "I'm a vindicated prophet without the grace to die," said Ashmore, taking note of this fall's token integration in Little Rock high schools. Said Heiskell: "His decision to accept the position actually was delayed on his own motion for more than a year because of the school situation here." Long associated with Fund for Republic programs, Ashmore in his new job will join a group of scholars and experts, e.g., former Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle...