Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hoped that other countries will agree to them. They are such as to detract from the encouragement which the United States might have given to other countries in their support of the Court, but they are not such as to make it impossible for other countries to accept...
...apologize, sir?" boomed Mr. Parris in a voice of thunder. " Apologize, do you?" he shouted, speaking as if for George Washington himself against all the derisive lexicographers of eternity. " Then let me tell you, sir, that I refuse to accept your apology...
...disagreement. The miners demanded concessions. The operators would have been willing to grant most of these concessions, provided they could get arbitration for the future. But the miners answered it flatly: "No arbitration!" Each side tried to present its plan in such a guise that the other would accept it. Each time the other side refused to be "fooled." Finally one of the operators moved to adjourn sine die, subject to call. The miners refused to second the motion. So one of the operators seconded it. Then both miners and operators voted to adjourn...
...manner in which he was received by the President of the U.S. . . . The President would not hear him out when he wished to tell of our dire sufferings under the Treaty of Versailles. . . . Anton Lang does not like Americans. . . . It is not likely that we Passion Players will accept the invitations which have been offered us to come to America again this year...
...Unless they accept these terms, the Aventines shall not re-enter here-either today or as long as I am in power...