Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because the Rashomon has very little space, one does well to make reservations in advance. In the pandemonium of the first weeks, the restaurant had a tendency to accept all reservations, and this led to many people being turned away at the door who had been assured of tables. Apparently, the proprietors have now realized that this is not the way to run a restaurant...
...invitation, but hinted they might show up later if the early stages of the party seemed promising (TIME, Feb. 23). Attacking that reply as rude and destructive, Khrushchev repeated his invitation in sharper terms, only to be turned down by Kennedy again (although Macmillan reportedly urged him to accept). Meanwhile. President de Gaulle replied to K., ignoring the 18-member summit as far too big a shindig but proposing a more exclusive four-power parley (including France) on nuclear arms. West Germany's Konrad Adenauer, who fears having the Berlin question dragged into disarmament negotiations, suggested a different kind...
Piper Laurie, now supposedly recovered from her bout with pneumonia, has gleefully announced that she will be in Cambridge tomorrow to accept the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award...
Goldstein, however, has refused to accept the University's definition of the issue as one of irresponsibility or poor taste. In a statement last night, he said. "I feel that ... the issue ... is still suppression of a newspaper and censorship in a university community. The committee cited the best interest of the University.' It would seem that the best interest of the University would best be served by restoration of freedom of expression...
...cannot resist thievery, cannot stay out of trouble. He deserts the army, and back in the city continues to brawl and rob. At the same time, he proves simpler, more genuine than any of his siblings, although he has difficulty in being able to love, especially as he must accept the taboo which prevents his declaring and consummating his passion for his half-sister Antonia. He harbors a just hatred for the police; while admitting his wrongdoings, he has suffered brutal torture at their hands, when they tried to make him confess to crimes he didn't commit...