Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cotton episode was accompanied by, or perhaps it caused a rumor that Secretary Jardine would soon resign to accept a high-salaried position as "tsar" of the orange-lemon-grapefruit industry in Flori...
Dispute. In a row between Greece and Bulgaria over the indemnification of refugees for property lost in the exchange of populations, both countries agreed to accept the Council's ruling to refer the matter to the Permanent Financial Committee. The indefatigable Sir Austen Chamberlain referred to the dispute as one "that might have disturbed the peace of the world" and added: "At a time when certain individuals are trying to underestimate the value of the services which the League can render, here is an example in which, thanks to the intervention of the League, the cause of peace...
...William Edgar Borah, who had heard that the proposed new French borrowings in the U. S. would be 100 millions at 6%. Mr. Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the U. S. Senate, recalled that the last U. S. offer to adjust the French debt was to accept fifty cents on the dollar and 1¼% interest. This offer France refused as oppressive, unjust. Said Mr. Borah: "The disparity between the two propositions seems worthy of consideration. Is the American taxpayer being swindled or is the French taxpayer being exploited...
...patent reasons of commercial intercourse and neighborliness, unfortunately assume a character of indecision, frequently resulting in disagreement." Making it clear that he was referring to foreign oil investments, Senor Calles remarked that some petroleum men had assumed a rebellious attitude to the Government that "no independent country could accept," adding that foreigners must accept Mexican laws and not expect more than the rights of Mexicans, "who are the indisputable owners of their country." He claimed considerable success for the oil laws of Dec. 21, 1926 (TIME...
With these figures at his fingertips, it takes Big Dan but a few minutes to persuade Grocer Paddock, Banker Winton, Realtor Jones, Judge Burnes and Major Riley of Westover?members of five different denominations?to accept from him, blushingly, and administer, a foundation of $2,559,494.08 to build three nondenominational "temples" costing $500,000 apiece. Invested at 5%, the $1,059,494.08 surplus over building costs will yield $52,974.70 per annum, or $17,658.23 per temple, or more than five times the annual expenses of each of the 44 present Westover churches. Big Dan explains that preachers, powerless...