Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that Literdrni Noviny and other Communist cultural periodicals in Czechoslovakia have been recently subjected to rather violent attacks by Communist leaders in Rude Pravo (Red Justice), daily organ of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The tone of these critical remarks indicates that the party is not yet ready to accept either the dissent of intelligentsia or any far-reachine; dialogues between Christians and Marxists. The ghost of Stalin is still around...
...present client and the ultimate interests of the poor. An out-of-court settlement would satisfy the client, but a court-established precedent would aid CLAO and other agencies to combat the accused practices in the future. So far, CLAO has always deferred to the client's wishes to accept the settlements offered...
Residents of East Cambridge will make the final decision, since CLAO exists to serve their desires for legal aid. If they want a "service policy," CLAO will accept as many cases as possible according to some arbitrary selection process. If the neighborhood opts for an "institutional reform" policy, the office will concentrate on promising test cases and advice to community action groups...
Galbraith reportedly agreed to accept the post at the unanimous request of the ADA nominating committee because of his deepening concern over the Vietnam war. Relations between ADA and the Administration worsened recently, after ADA vice-chairman Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38 attacked the Administration's stand on Vietnam negotiations...
...Antonioni, casting for a British actress to play in Blow-Up, had heard about Vanessa. "I had not met her before," he recalls, "but I looked at stacks of her photos and concluded that she was the one I wanted. But I didn't know if she really would accept the part. After all, it wasn't a very big role, and she would have to strip down to the waist. She didn't have the slightest hesitation about that undressing part." Pressagents got into the act, of course, and reported that Vanessa had offered to "walk stark naked down...