Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week the Press Club received a polite refusal. "While I deeply appreciate the great honor conferred on me . . ." Costello wrote, "I cannot accept ... I never made a speech in my life and the very thought of it almost scares me to death. Even the idea of facing members of the press gives me the shivers, although not nearly so much now as before November last, when you loused up the election situation and the betting odds...
Many alumni refused to accept their returned Stanford contributions, Borgatti says; this money goes into an improvement fund for use in case of financial troubles...
Before an audience of over 150, the chairman of the Committee on Admissions stated that Harvard's desire to get a well-rounded student body led it to have "flexible" standards in accepting men. Under certain conditions, he pointed out, Harvard will accept a boy who has taken a commercial or industrial course in school...
...Trouble. Although the U.S. is now glutted with eggs, thanks to the farm support program (TIME, Oct. 3), widespread use of hybrids like the Hy-Lines might solve that problem eventually. Hybrids could enable farmers to produce so cheaply, says Wallace, that they could accept much lower prices and still make a profit. Not all customers who have bought hybrids like them. Some say that the birds are too jittery. Furthermore, hybrid eggs might not be preferred in every market: a light cream color, the eggs are too dark for New Yorkers who like white eggs and too light...
...Business School does not accept women, but runs a Management Training Program for them at Radcliffe. The Divinity School allows women to study the history and philosophy of religion there. Under joint instruction, Radcliffe girls have taken College classes since...