Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Speaker: "... I did not hear that word. I did hear the Greek phrase. If the Taoiseach says he is not correctly reported, I will accept his word...
...prepared," Slichter stated, "to accept forecasts of 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 unemployed this year...
...signers agreed that the new State Council-China's "supreme organ on state affairs" pending popular elections-should include 17 members of the Kuomintang* and four each from the other three groups. There were vacant council chairs for the Communists on terms nobody in China expected Communists to accept: 1) recognize the authority of the broadened Government in Nanking; 2) let go their intermittent grip on North China rail lines...
...forced back by the Japanese, Chiang gave old friend Chang the job of getting remote Szechwan province under control, in preparation for moving the capital to Chungking. He made Chang, himself a Szechwanese, the governor. But the close-knit Szechwan old guard refused to accept Chang. Thereupon the Generalissimo assumed the title of governor himself, worked Chang in as special assistant, and in 1940 slipped out from under, leaving Chang in charge...
Concerning the atom bomb, Cadogan said that the Russian announcement of "willingness to accept international control and inspection" was a large step forward, but he warned that doubts have arisen as to the exact meaning of the Russian statement...