Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pine Camp during most of the week. He conferred with the President on Mexico and the World Court, left for Plattsburg, N. Y., where he made a speech on disarmament, said that: 1) the U. S. is "working to make the Geneva meeting a success"; (2) "We will not accept supervision of any outside, body, or be subject to inspection or control by foreign agencies." Mr. Kellogg returned to the Presidents' Camp, conferred again. Then with Mrs. Kellogg, they drove to Long Lake,* where Mr. Kellogg recalled boyhood pranks, where cousin Judge Henry Kellogg enertained them. Next day Secretary...
...lockout" (so called by the miners) consisted in the posting by the mine owners of an offer of work at a wage less than that which the miners had previously announced they would accept...
...snatch her from the clutches of the notorious Borgias. In doing so, Actor Barrymore slashes and dashes through several reels that will possibly cause Douglas Fairbanks to bite his finger nails. With all due respect to the superb acting of Mr. Barrymore, no sane adult can be expected to accept such revolution of character and such extravagant heroics, unless some overpowering agency transports him into a world of pure illusion. But, as a girl in the fifth row said, "Still an' all, he is good-looking." Padlocked (Lois Moran and Noah Beery). Here is a typical concession...
...Announcement-In line with our new policy we will now accept business from persons of recognized social position even if they are not related to the du Ponts-Laird, Bissel & Meeds...
Tipping in the U. S. has long been a question hotly debated. Does it debase a freeman to accept a tip from a peer who, born his equal, also happened to be born with more money? The Yeas have hung up signs in their restaurants, boot-parlors, or what not, saying "Please do not tip," or "Our Employes Are Strictly Forbidden to Accept Gratuities from Strangers." The Nays remind their patrons: "Don't Forget the Hat Girl." Will new signs appear, "A Waiter's Life Is No Cinch"-"Give Your Bus Boy a Few Days at the Seaside...