Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unwise to Accept. "The comparative peace which has prevailed since October 1946," he said, "should not mislead us into thinking that the causes of strikes have been dissipated and that we are now on the threshold of industrial quiet and harmony." The chief reason for the great hush, he thought, was the November election results. "The heart of the problem is [still] the rise of a private institution, the national union, which has the power to close up the country's basic industries . . . impose on the country arbitrary, monopolistic economic decisions...
After a 15-year struggle to dominate the Orthodox Church in the U.S., Moscow appeared ready to accept failure. Patriarch Alexei, who works closely with the Soviet Foreign Office, last week promised "full administrative autonomy" to the American churches of his faith...
...Deign to accept, from one, the hopes...
...more likely object of close scrutiny might rather be sports that openly accept the label of professional. Recent headlines have shown the dangers which are so tempting to their employees, with sordid tales of attempted bribery in the ranks of professional football and boxing following close upon each other's heels. A gambling industry of such size and resources as the one with which we seem to be saddled makes many more such attempts at insuring some desired victory inevitable, and some of them are quite likely to succeed without being detected...
...prevent production and employment cutbacks. Despite the fact that these surplus products leave the country and are of no further value to us, our level of employment and income depends upon our exports. In order to export, then, without materially weakening our real wealth, we must accept imports as repayment. Here the reciprocal agreements play their part, for, by granting concessions on foreign goods, we make importation of them possible and worthwhile. We are repaid in kind, and our foreign customers are furnished the means with which to buy our products...