Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week the bumpings finally ended in an agreement by union workers to accept what they called a "10% deduction" in their wages for one year. By this cut the railroads saved some $210,000,000 in operating expenses. Baltimore & Ohio's Daniel Willard, chairman of the Presidents' committee, declared the agreement was "the greatest single step toward the reconstruction of American business and industry since the Depression...
Aware that the eyes of the nation were upon his court, Circuit Judge Albert Moses Cristy refused to accept the findings of "no bill." Sternly he admonished his jurors: "I present to you a question of anarchy in this community. Are you willing to take the responsibility for that situation? . . . We are embarking upon a very necessary tour of duty. It is one I do not relish any more than you do." So saying, he sent them home to think the matter over...
Press reports yesterday afternoon indicate that China has expressed willingness to accept the peace terms offered by the powers, while Japan has rejected mediation quite definitely. This is only another indication that the Japanese are determined to wage what amounts to war in all but name against the advice and moral convictions of the whole civilized world...
...however, Mr. Roosevelt's international platform, if we may call it such, might be a great deal worse. It would be too much to expect that a presidential candidate should come out with a program which would doom him to defeat from the start. It seems best therefore to accept what there is of good in it and compare it with the programs offered by other candidates. The one with the highest percentage and still a chance to get elected will then be the man to support. In the realm of practical politics disappointment and compromise are inevitable. We must...
...propose to accept from high schools students who have the recommendations of their instructors as being eager to learn, able to learn, and not merely passers of examinations...