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Word: acceptably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must be 1) adopted by two-thirds of the General Assembly's members, 2) ratified by each of the Big Five governments or legislatures (in the U.S., by the Senate) and by a majority of the world organization's other members. In short, no Big Power need accept any distasteful amendment, but a smaller power may well have to take it willy-nilly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: What It's All About | 4/30/1945 | See Source »

...farmer's daughter and I-well, you understand-in fact, you see. She and her parents were killed by Allied artillery. So here we are, both of us. I love you very much. I want to take up our old life together. But you'll have to accept little Jacques. I adore you, but on this subject no nonsense, see?" Jacqueline and the two Jacques went home together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Back from Bondage | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

...hearings 19 months ago, American Airlines had opposed any competition on its New York-to-Boston route. It argued then, as Trippe does now, that one line could do a better job than a number competing for a limited amount of traffic. In effect, American was willing to accept competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Competition Is Cheaper? | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

...imperialist." In support of this ridiculous theme, it charges me with wanting the kind of world unity "which Jonah enjoyed when he was swallowed by the whale." Yes; I used that phrase in my Senate speech of last Jan. 10. How did I use it? I said: "We accept no conception that our contribution to unity must be silence, while others say and do what they please . . . and that unity for us shall only be the unity which Jonah enjoyed when he was swallowed by the whale." In other words, this seems to be a point where Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 16, 1945 | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

...happened in the week of Passover. As Jehovah said, 'When I see the blood, I will pass over you.' He spoke not only to the Jews but to all peoples, to the Gentiles, to Americans, to Germans, to all peoples. . . . And so, may Jehovah accept this sacrifice, and see the blood and pass over all peoples for their sins, at this Passover time, for my son's sake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sacrifice | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

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