Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...derives from General William Tecumseh Sherman's famed turndown to a supporter at the 1884 Republican convention: "I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected...
...largely coincidental that this change has taken place at Harvard during the tenure of Nathan M. Pusey. Except for his refusal four years ago to accept student grants under the National Defense Education Act until its obnoxious affidavit had been eliminated and his courageous defiance of Senator McCarthy, Pusey has followed the practice of every president of Harvard since Cotton Mather, and kept out of politics. Faculty radicalism has scarcely existed during these ten years; despite the full-page ads to which readers of the New York Times are accustomed, most politically-minded Faculty members now seek a snug berth...
...because they thought the Harvard chapter of SANE was insufficiently militant. Goldmark's emphasis on technically precise arguments designed to impress the policy-makers conflicted sharply with the Peaceniks' desire to "demonstrate" their concern. One early member recalls that only the membership's respect for Goldmark convinced them to accept his arguments...
...archenemy, Egypt. Before ending his ten-day stay this week, Strauss was also to get a VIP tour of Israeli defense installations. In the less populated areas, feeling was not running so high. In any case, declared Ben-Gurion, rebuking the demonstrators, "the Jewish people will not accept Hitler's racist theory that a man is tainted because he belongs to a certain people...
Also Topic A. In earlier O'Hara, Elizabeth's affair might have destroyed her marriage. Now older and increasingly concerned with the final assessments of a lifetime, O'Hara sends Elizabeth back to her husband. Forced to accept the fact that her husband and her marriage are not what she dreamed of making them, she finds that they are both a lot stronger than she thought...