Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prepare to give up some of their economic sovereignty. They will have to allow foreign technocrats a voice in their economic councils. Having sapped its international financial strength, the U.S. cannot hold the wobbly monetary structure together by itself. It needs Europe's help, and in return must accept some of the measures of discipline that Europe demands, unpalatable though that idea may seem. As an alternative, the U.S. could at worst retreat into economic isolationism and perhaps maintain a reasonable living standard. At best, the gold crisis could bring the dawn of a new era of international economic...
...travel outside the Western Hemisphere. The tourist-class wanderer this summer may find his trip to Europe costing an unexpected $100 in taxes. And if the gold crisis flares again, he may find that foreign hotels and banks will-as they did two weeks ago-refuse to accept his dollars or cash his traveler's checks until they feel more confident about the strength of the dollar...
Last week the company was breathing somewhat easier-for the time being. In Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wis., A.M.C.'s 11,000 auto-production workers voted to accept the new two-year contract agreed on a week before by company and U.A.W. negotiators. The terms were tailor-made for the auto maker's shaky fortunes. During the first year, for example, the average A.M.C. worker will get only a 120 wage increase over the $3.40 an hour he now earns. That represents a marked concession by the auto union, which had won a 200-an-hour first-year hike...
...invitation--which King's office has indicated he will accept--represents the first time that a Harvard senior class has independently obtained its own speaker for the Class Day exercises...
...substantive changes might help the SFAC accomplish more: the Council must have a permanent chairman to give it some sort of continuos direction; SFAC should be more willing to accept at least the wording of committee resolutions and not waste valuable time over petty points; meetings should be once a week, and those members who cannot attend should resign rather than hold up the others; provisions should be made to continue the Council next year...