Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Syrians will never again accept tyranny," says Premier Azmeh. "What we need is simply democracy, to meet the people's aspirations. When the people feel that their needs are being met, they will support the government wholeheartedly, and there will be no more instability and no more coups d'etat." For a man in Azmeh's situation, this is a worthy if not entirely realistic point of view...
...bishop. Last winter, as part of a long-standing effort to get his parish to adopt tithing instead of rummage sales as a means of raising capital, West attacked some of his churchwomen from the pulpit. When the issue threatened to divide the parish, West resigned, to accept a calling as an assistant rector in Houston...
...hair dresser or caterer. Traditionally no young Negro who has stayed in this community has been permitted to hold a professional job, in the white man's sense of the word. As a consequence the most ambitious young people develop skills either in positions where white men will accept themselves such as catering or where they can attract a great deal of fairly high priced Negro business, such as directing funerals or in positions where they can gain their community's unquestioning respect, such as pastoring in a Negro Church or teaching in the Negro High School...
...doing not only first-rate jobs, but are also shaking up their elders in the best tradition of youthful inquisitiveness. Two or three times a week, the students pile into seminar rooms to shoot sticky questions at Capitol eminences, most of whom enjoy the battle and are likely to accept an invitation to continue it over spaghetti in Georgetown...
...county health department and the local medical society nominated socially conscious Fairfax County, largely populated by commuters from adjacent Washington, as a test area to see if the public would accept onetime, two-shot vaccinations. Newspapers and radio stations publicized the free shots. Despite the kids' vocal protests, last week's answer was encouraging: 3,865 children showed...