Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the Department of State: GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR INVITATION. REGRET EXCEEDINGLY THAT PRIOR COMMITMENTS COVERING MY BRIEF STAY IN BOSTON MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ACCEPT. SUMNER WELLES, ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE...
...audience shouted unrestrainedly when she said: "From five and a half years of experience we in China are convinced that it is the better part of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously...
Colleges selected for training will be announced soon, and these institutions will be required to accept all men sent there for training. Certain parts of the curricula will be precribed by the Navy, and the college may choose whether it wishes to count these and normal courses for college credit...
Stout wanted to rouse hatred against those Germans "who accept, either actively or passively, the doctrine of the German master race . . . [or] who, reluctant to join the Nazis, nevertheless failed, through lack of courage or conviction, to prevent the Nazis from . . . plunging the world into this filthy swamp of destruction." In other words, hate most of Germany...
...this is to cut exports. But in peacetime this normally implies drastically cutting profit margins, since for many a firm exports mean that extra margin of volume on which profits very largely depend. The alternative is for the U.S. willingly to accept imports. This means eliminating tariffs and trade barriers which special groups defend...