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Word: acceptable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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They see films like Annie and the Old One, in which a Navajo girl learns to accept-big word-her grandmother's dying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida: A Life and Death Class | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

With his approval rating down to 17 per cent and fellow LDP members licking their wounds, Ohira tried to restore peace by apportioning Cabinet posts among different factions. But some of his chief rivals refused to accept posts and have stated they will cooperate with Ohira only on a "case by case" basis--a precedent shattering break with Japanese traditions of party discipline. Ohira is also bound to Tanaka, who exacted a stiff fee in Cabinet posts for his key support. Among others, Ohira appointed Tadao Kuraishi, a Tanaka crony, as Justice Minister, at Tanaka's insistence...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Discovering Japan | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Private contracting firms have stored tons of asbestos in their warehouses over the last six months since New England dumps began refusing to accept asbestos waste, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said yesterday...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Contractors Forced to Store Waste | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

However, Alexander added that the fees this dump charges to accept asbestos waste are now four times the rate for ordinary garbage...

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Contractors Forced to Store Waste | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...CLEAR RESULT of these policies is to discourage dissent and erode academic freedom. The B.U. administration argues that persons at other universities should not interfere with its internal problems, but to accept that reasoning is to turn one's back on the extraordinary and indisputable violations of the rights of students and professors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Silber | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

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