Word: acceptable
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...paid on alcohol, a gallonage tax by the wholesaler and an enforcement tax by the consumer. Since the city is neither a wholesaler nor consumer, it cannot pay these taxes, which would total roughly $100. Besides, the law forbids cities to pay taxes on liquor. No wholesaler can accept delivery for the city because the Vouvray is not on the list of wines approved for sale in Kansas...
...opposition to the treaty is a curious mixture of cynicism and conviction. After a period of many setbacks overseas. Americans have been in no mood to accept what seemed to be another reversal. Moreover, the canal is fixed in the popular imagination as a memorable achievement of American vigor and know-how. Why, people asked, should it be given away under any circumstances? There were reasonable answers to such a question, but they were not provided by the superpatriots of the hardcore right wing, who thought they had a sure-fire issue and promptly started paganda barrage has often made...
...treaty, in fact, gives the sanction of law to U.S. intervention if the need arises. This provision has been made so explicit by the reservations that Panama now has sent a letter to other Latin American nations suggesting that it may not be able to accept the treaty in its present form. Rather tolerant through all the tumultuous and sometimes insulting Senate debate, Panamanians have been pushed close to their limits; and there are, after all, two parties to the treaty...
Benji's real father abandons his family at some point previous to the opening of the narrative, leaving his wife, Sweets (Cicely Tyson), to fend for herself. Sweets meets Butler, who soon becomes the bread-winner for the family. Benji refuses to accept Butler as a father despite the latter's conciliatory advances. If this relationship provides the framework for comprehending the machinations of Benji's character, then the other individuals furnish the embellishment necessary to reach that understanding...
...tempers subsided, the wild accusations died down, the pickets ended, and the problems still persisted. On March 31, Harvard notified four B&G carpenters that they were to report for work on April 3 ready to accept painting assignments. The University enforced the order with the stipulation that if the workers did not report, they would be taken off the payroll...