Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There was also a last fling at "influences" as follows: "Party responsibility is not confined to its handling of governmental affairs. A political party must also be accountable to the people of the United States for the management of its internal affairs, and no political party can afford to accept the support of forces for which it refuses to accept responsibility...
...resignation which President Coolidge did accept was that of Owen J. Roberts, Philadelphia lawyer, as special U. S. counsel in the oil scandals. Lawyer Roberts' business was suffering because the Congressional resolution under which he was appointed forbade him to serve any client whose case had to be taken up with any branch of the government. President Coolidge sympathized and said: "I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the government for the fidelity and energy with which you have prosecuted these cases." Actions still pending against Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair and Albert Bacon Fall were...
...cheerfully accept the will of the majority. . . ."-John Raskob...
...Author. But it is as sociologist rather than artist that Mr. Wells wishes to be known. Student of chemistry, physics, biology, his scientific mind repeatedly comes to the rescue of emotions that have been too quick to accept a new theory. Honest, he is not afraid to satirize opinions he himself has passionately held. His wit is sharpest when he is in a temper (in person or in print), but he is a good listener and efficient host-unusual virtues for a man of genius. At 62, his intellectual vitality is almost equalled by his physical energy-his father...
...backwoods. In the first, two old maids are fond of each other, fond of their shop full of cross-stitch samplers, fond of the two little donkeys, Percy and Emily, which trot by every day. Miss Alice is going to marry Mr. Maurice Hunting; she meets him formally to accept his offer of a week ago, and he tells her his plans, tells her his hope of having two children, tells her of the legacy from his late Aunt Emily, his expectations of feeble old Uncle Percy. Overwhelmed by the thought of naming her two children Percy and Emily...