Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...took a good many days to arrive at this agreement, although there was little question of Roumania's ability to meet the payments, and the Roumanian commissioners were evidently instructed to accept whatever were the best terms that the U. S. had to offer...
...evils which have crept into athletics are there not through any fault of the boys", continued Mr. Bingham, "but because of outside influences which could have been curbed had our faculties been willing to accept athletics as part of their problem instead of waiting until the evils had crept in. Too many of our educators have looked upon athletics as a distracting influence which ought to be suppressed rather than assimilated...
...Bingham went on to relate the incident in the selection of a new Harvard track coach, when he advised R. L. Shepard '16, not to accept the offer...
...government has received the almost unanimous condemnation of American students of political science. It has been shown, for instance, that we require our Congressmen to work four years for two years' pay, which may possibly help to explain the uniformly low calibre of the men who are willing to accept our terms. And there is always, besides, a delay of thirteen months in the operation of a popular referendum...
...years, and am obliged to carry them out. I left Russia without a cent and found it necessary therefore to sell my soul to the devil. Yes, I sold it, and it is not my fault. As soon as I fulfill these contracts, I hope to be able to accept your invitation to come to Moscow and Leningrad...