Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...likely that Gen. Grant will accept the President's invitation to become his guest before the latter part of March, when he expects to stop at the White House for a few days prior to making a visit to the South...
...most important question before the overseers was that of admitting women to the medical school. An individual desiring to contribute asked the president and fellows whether a fund for the medical education of women would be accepted and used as designed. After a long discussion it was voted to accept a fund, the income of which shall ultimately be used for the medical education of women. The following appointments were confirmed: Gen. Francis A. Walker, university lecturer on the resources of the United States; Alexander McKenzie, D. D., lecturer on biblical theology; G. Stanley Hall, lecturer on pedagogy...
...Mascot" was sung at, last evening, at the Gaiety, by an organization advertised as the Wilbur Opera Company. This is the poorest apology for an opera company that it has ever been our misfortune to hear, and, judging from the audience, very few people were willing to accept the apology. It is an imposition for a manager to gather a lot of people who never studied a note of music, who couldn't tell the difference between a symphony in G minor and a tune written by Mr. Brahman, and call it an opera company...
...Association that the disgraceful occurences should be stopped at once; and the Board of Directors, after a long discussion of possible methods, decided on this new rule as the only one that would be both practicable and effectual. We are sure that, even now, they would gladly accept any suggestions as to a way of solving the difficulty without such a stringent exclusion as is at present necessitated...
...accept your most kind invitation with whole-souled ecstasy. I fear not a little, however, for my reputation as a whist-player, in case you and I are partners. For with eRos opposite me I shall be in imminent danger of throwing away hearts and diamonds at every trick, and be tempted to look for the signals in your eyes rather than on the table...