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Word: acceptably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bullock was such an outstanding member of the track team that in his senior year he was elected Captain. He refused to accept because, much as he appreciated the honor, he did not think it would be to Andover's advantage to have a colored boy as Captain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 1, 1945 | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

Everytime I read a headline, "Doughboys Invade Leyte," or "Aachen Entered By Doughboys" I see red. Even if we Americans have been the richest nation of the world are we not delusioning ourselves if we accept the term "doughboy" as a synonym for "American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 25, 1944 | 12/25/1944 | See Source »

...captured and escaped from Dachau, fought the Nazis again in France, then came to Hollywood as a bit player. Soon thereafter, Lupe became pregnant. And although her make-believe world had a solution even for this age-old dilemma, Guadaloupe Velez de Villalobos could not bring herself to accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Guadaloupe | 12/25/1944 | See Source »

Lashing "hypocrisy in amateur sports' the former head of the Harvard Athletic Association said that he disliked the term "semi-professional" and could not understand how the players of "amateur" sports could accept salaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Col. Bingham Sees Strong Ivy Conference After War | 12/22/1944 | See Source »

Between U.S. meddling and abstention, Europeans found ground for revival of their worst fear: that at war's end the U.S. would refuse, as it had 24 years ago, to accept its share of responsibility for the peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Consistent Inconsistency | 12/18/1944 | See Source »

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