Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will confine myself herein to saying again that I cannot accept the illegitimate judgment of colleagues to whom I never delegated the mission of appreciating my work. . . .' This . . . is a verbatim translation of a [sentence from a] letter written by Painter Paul Cézanne over three quarters of a century ago. Apparently things are not much improved...
Wrote the anonymous soldier:* "In the first place what a grand idea if some of our civvie ministerial bosses would accept a self-denying ordinance to hold their tongue now for a space. Or at least agree to sing the same song (in which case a single well-rendered chorus would suffice for a season...
...Manpower Commission, apparently is oblivious to the fact that there is a critical shortage of teachers. Congress, on the other hand, recognizes the fact, but so far has done nothing. Meanwhile, 39,000 teachers have either enlisted or have been drafted; another 37,000 have stopped teaching to accept more highly paid positions in private industry...
Allport explained the opposition to a labor party by pointing out a trait of human nature: general aims are adopted sooner than specific aims. People want the ends but do not accept the means to those ends. He also said that he was much surprised at the stand taken on this issue...
...antics caused stiff eyebrows to twitch at headquarters. His profanity became legendary. With his flair for the spectacular, he designed, had tailored and posed in a special tank uniform : green with white buttons and black stripes. His own helmet was golden with two silver stars. (The Army declined to accept it as regulation.) With his flair for vivid phraseology, he wrote some war poetry (unpublished). With a tidy, inherited fortune he indulged his love for horses, polo, sailing boats and games...