Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committee-composed of union members, Harvard personnel officers, and black students-would oversee the program, try to iron out the problems of the black workers in it, and decide in cases of dispute over promotions. Though it might take a considerable effort to persuade Harvard and the union to accept such a committee, the effort would seem to be worthwhile, so that good intentions will not once again produce few results...
Krim said that he had heard of several instances where journeymen had urged that certain helpers be promoted and that their recommendations had been vetoed from above, probably by the foreman. He charged that the University had developed the helper program to attract workers who would accept lower wages, because, being black, they couldn't get a job anywhere else...
Miss Chotiner was offered a place on the committee when it was established in September but she refused to accept full membership because of too many commitments to the Committee of Fifteen...
...complaining connoisseur has a moot point, and even if we accept it, we are tempted to ask, So what? Whatever you call those units of writing that he lays down on paper, they speak to us. They laugh at the absurdity of our obsessions and they clarity the source of our worries. He writes about...
Although most of those active in the fellowships come from Protestant families, the meetings and activities are open to everyone, even those who do not accept the tenets of Christianity...