Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President of the U. S. had offered me a real Ambassadorship when I voluntarily retired from 26 years' international service as U. S. Envoy and Minister and Director General of the Pan American Union, and that I had declined because I did not have the financial resources to accept...
...once more to present my respects to Mr. Stimson and I beg Mr. Castle to accept, in the name of the Chief of the United States, President Hoover, who so charmingly received me, my homage and gratitude and to assure him of my lasting remembrance...
...must be pooled by the roads themselves to meet the fixed charges on bonds of lines which cannot possibly meet them this year. The machinery to handle this task the Commission blithely left for the roads themselves to devise. The roads were given until Dec. 1 to accept or reject the Commission's offer. William Zebina Ripley, professor of political economy at Harvard & onetime member of the I. C. C., surveyed the decision, found it to his liking. The Commission, by denying the horizontal increase (which might diverge more freight from the roads than the benefits would compensate...
...railroad problem was being publicly debated last week, railroad officials began to talk about asking the unions to accept voluntary cuts. If this were not successful the roads would serve a 30-day notice that their labor contracts were unsatisfactory. Then, if Labor resisted, a battle might be fought right up to the White House door, might last a year or more...
...Government's investigations of these men will be continued, and those found responsible will be brought before a judge and forced to pay compensation! My Government's action in dismissing 25 of the 28 directors was made necessary by their continued refusal, even up to now, to accept cuts in their directorial salaries...