Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain the Parliament votes an appropriation for an agency and then allows the ministry to operate on that amount as best they can. If the union of the employees in that agency disputes with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the government is bound to arbitrate and to accept the decision, obtaining further appropriations from Parliament when necessary. British municipalities have gone even further, dealing with civil service employees like any private enterprise...
...nations of Western Europe wish to enjoy closer association with us, and if for our part we wish similarly to link ourselves with them, the way . . . is clear. All they need to do is adopt written constitutions and apply for membership and all we need do is accept them. . . . Great Britain could come into the union, for example, as four States. . . . Canada could constitute another State. Australia, New Zealand and the contiguous islands might form still another...
...Solidarity. The national slogan of Japan, proclaimed last year, at the time of the first Solomons battle, is "A Hundred Year War." The Japanese people unquestioningly accept this prospect of incessant struggle to hold what they have won. They are solidly behind the Emperor and Premier Hideki Tojo, a strong, able and extremely popular man who is a powerful symbol of Japanese unity. Within the country, there is no opposition worthy of the name: the Allies must rely solely on their military power to crush the military power of Japan...
...established under Executive Order 9017 of January 1942, certified the dispute to the War Labor Board. The operators, because they knew the board's desire to "hold the line" (as requested by the President) on wages and prices would result in a decision in their favor, were delighted to accept the order. The U.M.W., with a real grievance lying back of their demand for a $2 a day pay increase and pay on a "portal to portal" basis, defied the order and refused to appear before the WLB's fact-finding panel or to order strikers back to work. What...
...they submit are based on mere hearsay. But like the military experts who predicted war, knowing that in the end they would be right, Walker prints much of what the pressagents send in, knowing well he will find hits among the misses. One safeguard against error: a refusal to accept contributions from people he does not know and trust...