Word: accept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...approve of their sin." Said the Rev. Ron Ballard, of Emporia, Kans.: "They were under no penalty prior to this law, nor are we advocating any new laws to persecute them. If their sexual preference is kept to themselves, that's within the range of what we can accept...
...accept the premise that a handsome man in his early thirties would be panting to go to bed with an 84-year-old woman, the movie proceeds logically enough. Before the happy pair can crawl between the satin sheets, they encounter (in no particular order) Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, George Hamilton, Dom DeLuise, George Raft, Alice Cooper, Walter Pidgeon, Mr. Universe, Mr. U.S.A., Mr. America, Mr. California, Mr. Pennsylvania, and a man (Ed Beheler) who looks so much like Jimmy Carter that even Miss Lillian might set him down for a bowl of grits...
...world's largest flight kitchen. Meals are served by stewardesses dressed in Paris-designed sarong kebayas, the Singapore national dress. The company sends the stewardesses to finishing school, gives them professional training in grooming and pays their dental bills for regular teeth cleanings-but absolutely forbids them to accept dates with passengers. Cabin crews are larger than on most carriers, and best of all, SIA offers tired passengers a chance to sleep in either almost fully reclining "snoozer seats" or (first class only) pull-out bunks...
...Death--Late adult transition. Time to give up authority, the center stage, to accept limitations. Having paid his dues to society, a man can pretty much do whatever he damn well pleases as long as circumstances of health and security allow. Much less is known about this period than the earlier ones...
Read, son of the late art historian Sir Herbert Read, was previously known as a novelist (Monk Dawson, The Professor's Daughter, The Upstart). His new book is difficult to accept as either fact or fiction. First, there are the project's origins, described in Read's introduction: "Toward the end of April, 1976, a tall, well-dressed South African walked into the offices of the London publishers W.H. Allen and Co. and offered to sell them the confessions of the celebrated Great Train Robbers ... Reluctant to sign up the thieves without an author to write their...