Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...After reluctantly accepting the fact that my future will be that of a homemaker, Phyllis McGinley Hayden, through her charming verse and real-life example, has confirmed what I've been trying to accept for some time now: housewifery can be a meaningful and rewarding occupation. Have I been brainwashed...
...explained. "One cannot arrange his pace so that he will last indefinitely, if he wishes to be effective. I set mine, have followed it, and find that the results have been about what I had expected." His plans, he said, are indefinite except for one thing: he will not accept the presidency of any other university...
Assorted Deans: We really can't accept them. They're too great a risk. Even the best of them drop out and get married...
Knowledge of the proposal had spread; the battle lines were already drawn before the meeting. Objections centered on the autonomy of the powerful executive committee. Speaking for the five students who proposed the plan, Mayer countered by saying that the Faculty would not accept an elective committee. Speaking for the five students who proposed the plan, Mayer countered by saying that the Faculty would not accept an elective committee. In a masterly speech, he described the poor condition of the club, agreed that free elections would be nice, but asserted that so long as the HDC wanted to work...
...lessons that emerge from Mecklin's account are sad but simple. Highhanded as he was, Diem deserved greater understanding from the U.S. Writes Mecklin: "Just as the U.S. should insist on effective action against a guerrilla enemy, we should rigidly limit our interference to this objective. We should accept almost any extreme of public embarrassment, even at the expense of our 'dignity,' to permit the host government to enjoy the trappings of independence...