Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lately Governor Rockefeller has been projecting a vastly different image from the one associated with him in 1960. In that year by threatening to withhold his support from the Republican platform he forced the party to accept stronger planks on civil rights, foreign affairs, and defense. He challenged Republican conservatism...
...favorite technique of Nixon's--attack by implication. At the nuclear test ban negotiations last summer, the United States government lowered its requirements for on-site inspections. On August 9, 1962 the Governor attacked the Kennedy Administration for moving "steadily toward the Russian position." "Why should the Soviets accept the United States proposal," he asked, "when every refusal elicits a new United States offer?" Rockefeller's statement completely disregarded Ambassador Arthur Dean's testimony before a Senate Foreign Relations sub-committee on August 2, 1962. Dean, the United States representative at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, outlined in detail the scientific...
...would be possible for Rockefeller both to regain his liberalism and to receive the nomination. By amassing an impressive record in primary contests he could bring pressure on the party leadership from the general membership. Kennedy used this technique to force the Democratic party's leaders to accept him, and he did not compromise either his policies or programs in the process. Such compromise appeared later, in his dealings with Congress. In fact Rockefeller would face a less difficult task than did Kennedy, for at present there are no other candidates of his stature and reputation in the Republican party...
...Bishops Agree. Will attacks by Roman conservatives block this ecumenical encounter? The Biblical scholars ar dently hope not; but the battle is not over. On their side, the scholars point to the willingness of many dogmatic and moral theologians to accept their findings, the new understanding of Biblical research among the hierarchy. At the Vatican Council, a majority of bishops voted against a schema on the sources of revelation, prepared by Holy Office theologians, that would have rigorously distinguished between Scripture and tradition; Biblical scholars and most "liberal" theologians see them as a single source of dogma. In December...
White witnesses were asked whether they preferred maintaining segregation and having the schools closed or whether they favored preserving the public schools and allowing integration. In five of the ten districts, citizens decided to accept integration rather than have the schools closed...