Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crosser. No more thoroughly incorrect insinuation could you possibly have published, for the facts are that when, 15 years ago, the board of directors decided to retire Mr. Gannon without pay and informed Mr. Hecht that they wanted to elect him president of the bank, he absolutely refused to accept the honor under the circumstances, saying that he didn't propose to personally benefit by the summary dismissal of Mr. Gannon. And so after considerable discussion between Mr. Hecht on one side and the board on the other Mr. Hecht's loyalty to his predecessor...
...organization under the sovereignty ... of China" but with "a wide measure of autonomy ... in harmony with local conditions." This organization should police Manchuria with "an efficient gendarmerie," yet to be created; 3) "the Assembly recommends the opening of negotiations between the two parties" [China & Japan] and invites each to accept the Assembly's recommendations in toto "subject to the sole condition that the other party also accepts them...
...Elder Statesman of Japan, Premier Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito & Cabinet adroitly decided last week, according to their Press spokesman, "to put the whole matter up to the Assembly." They advised the Privy Council and Emperor Hirohito that if the Assembly adopted the Report then Japan must refuse to accept it and withdraw from the League. For good measure the War Office spokesman said that Japan would intensify her offensive to take Jehol about the time the Assembly is expected to vote on the Report. Japan planned also to withdraw from the Geneva Disarmament Conference's "hostile atmosphere." Minister...
Women Doctors. "About 5% of the entire medical profession in the U. S. are women. No college is allowed to accept more than 5% of women. Most women in medicine specialize in women's diseases, in pediatrics, or in obstetrics."-Manhattan's Dr. Louise Doddridge Larimere...
...guarantee companies to pay interest on the mortgages they have guaranteed. Result: the guarantee companies must persuade the holders of mortgages to reduce their interest charges. Fortnight ago Frederic James Fuller, new president of New York Title & Mortgage Co., wrote to some of his certificate holders asking them to accept a 4% interest rate in place of the present rate of 5½%. Rapid progress along this line was expected under pressure from Realty Stabilization Corp...