Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...instant of fear and incredulity. The event, though discussed and weighed as a possibility, had seemed unlikely. After all, it was 15 years after Stalin's death, twelve years after Hungary. The West had come to accept the "new maturity" of Russia's leaders. The relative liberalization of Soviet society and the increasing autonomy of Moscow's erstwhile satellites in Eastern Europe had also been taken for granted as an irreversible reaction to the harsh rigidities of the Stalinist past. The softening of Communism ("They are getting more like us, and we are getting more like them") had become...
...more bitterly disputed challenge, Georgia was ordered-and refused-to split its 43 convention votes between the regular delegations and a liberal, mostly pro-McCarthy slate. Georgia's Governor Lester Maddox, a declared candidate for the presidency, refused to accept the ruling and vowed to fight. Ironically, Maddox is likely to wind up without a seat and, possibly, without a single vote for his candidacy...
...Vice President remained above the battle, letting it be known that he was devoting some time to his accept ance speech. He was also pondering a running mate. According to a private poll that he commissioned, only two Democrats would enhance Humphrey's popularity. One is McCarthy, but his often-abusive treatment of Humphrey in recent days all but ruled him out. The other is Teddy Kennedy, who would add at least 15% to Humphrey's vote total. The figure might have been higher had the survey been conducted after Teddy's speech. However, Teddy described himself...
Whether the Czechoslovak people would accept it remained to be seen. Having tasted the heady air of freedom the past eight months and in their own way tested their mettle against Soviet tanks last week, they might well insist on a greater say in their own destiny in the future. Passive resistance is an art that, once mastered, can be applied in more than one situation...
Paid to Go Away. Even the most liberal Northern and Western schools have far fewer than the 11% black students that would match the proportion of Negroes in the population. Many have had "quota" systems for Negroes and also Jews. Most Southern med schools accept only token admissions to stay within the law governing federal support funds. Thus the vast majority of the nation's Negro doctors have been trained in two century-old medical schools created especially for them: Howard University's in Washington, and Meharry in Nashville...