Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Many hypertensives . . . have not learned to accept and enjoy the good things of life without feelings of doubt and guilt. . . . The goal of the hypertensive [should be] a life of cultivated serenity...
...says Germany must have an army. So far the only British-U.S. offer to Germany is "unconditional surrender," AMGOT occupation, the threat of dismemberment. Given the choice between a super-Versailles from the west, and peace along the long eastern front, even German industrialists and militarists might accept the latter...
...Edward lived to see the lights come up; died when they flickered in 1933. Others saw the lights blow out again. Europe's darkness this time spread to Africa, Asia, Australia, America; in the universal war, even neutrals had to accept the night. Among the world's blacked-out cities: London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Bern, Budapest, Helsinki, Honolulu. Dimmed-out cities: Moscow, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Bombay...
Last week 50 big Finns waited on Banker-President Risti Ryti, urged him to shelve stiff-necked Premier Edwin Linkomies, hand the job to 73-year-old Juho Kusti Paasikivi. Few expected the old man to accept the Premiership, if offered; many counted on his willingness to try to talk realities with Stalin, if asked...
...Russians the terms are clear: resumption of the frontier established in 1940 after the first Russo-Finnish War. If the Finns could have Viipuri back and the Saimaa Canal which floats lumber to the Gulf of Finland, many believed they would accept these terms. Paasikivi was the only Finn with a chance of talking Stalin out of Viipuri...