Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy sounds good on television, and wants a fifth debate. Nixon has found his opponents over-whelmingly weak spot in the issue of Cuba, and will accept another debate if he can be sure Cuba will be the topic. Stir into this frenetic brew of telegrams Kennedy's assertion that the vice-President is "afraid" to debate with him and Nixon's statement that such an assertion is "sophomoric" and the lurch toward a fifth debate grows overpowering in its momentum...
...neutralism that the U.S. is learning to accept is of the sort the U.S. itself practiced during its early days as a nation: that beneficial isolation which relieves new countries of the risks of associating themselves with big power rivalries. It does not mean neutralism that sees no difference between democracy and Communism. It does mean that the U.S. can support the noncommitment expressed by one Indonesian: "We are not neutralist; we are independent...
...crime of discrimination. They study history, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, biology, and psychology, and thereby become acquainted with the evidence for the innate equality of races, with the American ideal of legal and social equality, and with the fact of historical inequality. This group, then, is least likely to accept itself as inferior to the whites and most likely to pourish an emotional resentment of discrimination...
...lacking a truly progressive education, the child is trained simply to accept the system, taught subtly that his role is to "belong" and "adjust," surely not to change or reform the society. But where has this led? Patriotism is feeble. The best people, says Goodman, are not turning back--like Plato's philosopher who has emerged from the case--to serve their country. So boys listen to speeches written on Madison Avenue, and they have not yet learned to cry, "Shame! make your own speech at least...
...Will Accept...