Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Senator Watson, the Republican leader, sweated long but in vain to induce the Senate to accept President Hoover's views. He found he was dealing with politicians whose minds were riveted on the soldier vote in their States this year. Frank was his statement: "I know the Senate will not adjourn until this bill is passed and you could not drive the House out of Washington until it provides pension legislation...
...Leader Baldwin in conclusion. "The Conservative policy will be one of rigid economy. We ask for a free hand in the safeguarding of industries. Our agricultural policy has been favorably received. We stand for the close economic unity of the empire. As for the Napoleons of Fleet Street, I accept their challenge. I call their bluff...
...sent along on the Rodney two M.P.'s and two Members of the House of Lords. One of the latter was peppery Baron Newton who, in a recent furious attack upon the Labor Government for recognizing Russia, called Bolsheviks "un attractive animals which, like boa constrictors and alligators, accept food, only to show their ingratitude by swallowing their keepers" (TIME, March...
...those to whom he can come, where he will meet neither beatification, canonization nor misunderstanding. Yesterday he came for an ave et vale, and when I solemnly assured him that TIME had him beatified, he registered the correct screen despair. Then he protested wistfully: "Can't they accept me for what I am? Just a man, with these clothes and a few others?" That he will pass palatial, welcoming mansions for an hour with a friend years older than himself in a little redwood cabin near the foothills, clad as always in business clothes of American cut attests...
...weeks. Excerpts from operas were included in the programs, became increasingly popular. Important members of the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera Companies were engaged. They liked to be invited to Ravinia. Last autumn Bori received a cable asking her to sing this spring at London's Covent Garden. To accept would have meant deserting Ravinia. Her answer was: "I go to Louis...