Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...these simple portions of the exercises were slighted. Aside from the speeches, the most whole-hearted part of the afternoon was the confetti, or better grass battle in which a siege of pink paper concluded a somewhat incomplete occasion. It was with difficulty that a Freshman was found to accept the time-honored banner...
...bring to the problem of the individual the maturity of a united effort of a nation come of age. America, mature in its powers, united in its purpose, high in its faith can come and will come to better days." Since he flew to Chicago in early July to accept the nomination, Governor Roosevelt has stumped 17,000 miles-a record. His campaign was spirited, ingratiating, comparatively decent and free from bad errors on which G. 0. Partisans waited in vain to pounce. He had been careful not to promise too much. His travels had effectively silenced Republican talk that...
...Francisco Bay amid a din of factory and boat whistles, roaring airplanes, booming guns on the Presidio. The sidewalks of Market Street were packed solidly with cheering populace as his cortége moved through. At the civic centre Herbert Hoover went up to a balcony and said: "I accept this welcome not as President of the United States but as a Californian returning to his home State...
...that one of the great tragedies of the recent history of our country was Wilson's failure to accept the League with reservations, when it was reported by Lodge, who was then head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. If Wilson had accepted these terms, the country would have joined the League with unanimity. At the period when the resolution to join the League was defeated, the main argument of its critics was that it would in time become a sort of super-state, and would take away the powers of the American Congress. Now, by one of the choice...
...That all nations ratifying the treaty which Premier Herriot expects to issue from the Geneva Disarmament Conference shall bind themselves to accept arbitration of all disputes which cannot be settled diplomatically...