Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they feel, would be Don Juan's handsome son, Prince Juan Carlos, 27; Franco sent him through Spain's three military academies and gave him a Madrid palace after his wedding to Greek Princess Sophie. Trouble is, Juan Carlos will not cooperate. "I'll never, never accept the crown as long as my father is alive," he maintains, and there is every indication that he means it. In any case, he has proved unexciting in his few public appearances...
...presence in Viet Nam. He has become pragmatic about Communism and has made trade agreements with most Iron Curtain countries. "The Iron Curtain has been there for too many years to think that it can come down by a miracle," he said last fall. "We must accept this reality and try to gradually permeate the wall with trickles of trade and cultural contacts. You can't deny that Russian Communism succeeded in making Russia one of the most powerful nations of the world. There must be something good...
...Mexican anti-gringos have fretted in the shadow of Mexico's neighbor across the Rio Grande. To soothe their fears, Díaz Ordaz specifically promised no economic or political interference. Said he crisply: "Mexico does not seek for other nations what it is not disposed to accept for itself...
...opposite sex is also believed to be the cause of Lesbianism, which is far less visible but, according to many experts, no less widespread than male homosexuality-and far more readily tolerated. Both forms are essentially a case of arrested development, a failure of learning, a refusal to accept the full responsibilities of life. This is nowhere more apparent than in the pathetic pseudo marriages in which many homosexuals act out conventional roles-wearing wedding rings, calling themselves...
...clear-cut condemnations of the Bible or of traditional moral philosophy have come to be considerably toned down. An influential 1963 statement by British Quakers held that "homosexual affection can be as selfless as heterosexual affection" and therefore is not necessarily a sin. A surprising number of Protestant churchmen accept this idea. Most will still assert that homosexuality is an offense against God and man, but usually with qualifications. Says Los Angeles Methodist Bishop Gerald Kennedy: "The Lord made man and woman, and this implies a sexual relationship and sexual harmony which is in the center of nature...