Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hours after they presented their final proposal (see box), Roy Davidson, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, rose and said: "On behalf of all the organizations, I wish to say that while there are parts of your proposal that are not to our liking, we unanimously accept it." Now it was up to management, and Doc Wolfe summoned to Washington the presidents of nine railroads, who make up his advisory board...
...join them in conference. Wirtz called the President, just back from the fair, and Johnson asked that the railroad presidents come to the White House. He met them in the yellow-walled family living room upstairs, told them in his best soft-sell technique: "If you decide not to accept this proposal, I'll consider you responsible persons who had reasons for not doing it. But, I hope you'll find a way to take...
Johnson and the railroad executives discussed at length the outstanding issues, then the Illinois Central's Wayne Johnston said quietly: "Mr. President, on behalf of the Illinois Central Railroad, I accept the proposal." Walter Tuohy, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio, began to add his assent, but Doc Wolfe interrupted. "Mr. President," he said in a hoarse voice, "on behalf of the carriers, I accept the proposal." The railroad labor dispute was over -after an angry disagreement that over the years went to three presidential fact-finding boards, the Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and countless times...
Souvanna was persuaded to accept the terms. Still to be heard from, however, was Souvanna's halfbrother, Prince Souphanouvong, leader of the Pathet Lao. One of his spokesmen accused the junta of "sabotage" and indicated that the Pathet Lao was ready to make plenty of trouble. Souphanouvong could still refuse to stay in the modified government. If so, the demon under the Thai Dam temple may yet come forth...
...dinner table that: "I asked myself whether my commitment was great enough to go down and fight for civil rights this summer." This is an important question, but not the crucial one. Violence is easy to risk; slaughter--even in its middle stages--is terribly hard to accept. Ask yourself if you are ready not to fight back. Not under any conceivable circumstance. Will you do anything to stop others from fighting back? Can you subdue the instinctive urge to retaliate in the interest of the cause...