Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pressures. But the Allies could not accept the last of these points. The war had reached a stage where Italy could not withdraw, could not be neutral. If she were not on the German side, she had to take the Allied side. For Italy had become a vital breach in Festung Europa, an avenue to, and a rampart of, the inner citadel of Germany. The Anglo-American and the German military machines were squeezing her hard...
London's Catholic Universe hoped that Catholics were not going to "play the Axis game by echoing the violent and hypocritical protests of the Italian Fascist radio." Three days after the bombing, the Vatican's own radio advised listeners to accept only Vatican reports of Vatican actions. But by this time the Catholic world was in an uproar...
...borrowed the sheet for a flag of truce, and drove on through the streets, pocked here & there by bomb marks. At the palace there was no sign of General Arisio. Palermo's chief of police quickly found him. General Arisio as quickly made his position clear: he would accept any terms of surrender...
...Force inspectors [at Wright] were transferred because they absolutely refused to accept material which they knew to be faulty. Inspectors were threatened with transfer if they did not accept engines which were leaking gasoline...
Professor or Percentage. Content with his $7,000 salary, Steenbock at first refused to accept royalties on his patents, but the University made him take 15%. Eventually, to the dismay of plain-living Harry Steenbock, this amounted to $50,000-$75,000 a year. The Research Foundation, meanwhile, grew rich beyond its dreams. Wisconsin professors began to produce a bonanza of new inventions; today the Research Foundation owns some 30 patents, including one for the synthetic production of hormones...