Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scrap drive is the sort of thing most students file away with the things they'd finish when they tie loose ends before leaving college. These days, that eventuality may arise rather often, and, just as before, the scrap solicitors are just as eager to accept the old clothes as in past years...
...They are loyal and patriotic. They were heartbroken when they were taken from line organizations (infantry, artillery, etc.) of the West Coast because "they couldn't be trusted." Many would prefer to be on the firing; line, but accept the Army's decision to use them in other places. They hate the "dirty Japs" as much as the rest...
...heavily Negro there are as few as 75 beds set aside for a million Negroes. This stands against the U.S. average of ten beds per 1,000 population. (In answer to an American Medical Association questionnaire in 1940, 4,230 of 6,300 U.S. hospitals replied that they will accept Negro patients and 1,577 said they would...
...greatest problem in the dining halls is that of obtaining choice food. This ranks above expense at the moment. Meat, especially, is the steward's burden. He must accept the cuts that are alloted him and be thankful for small favors. Last week, roast beef, most precious of edibles in the steward's eyes, was scheduled for all House Dinners. Yet, nowhere in Boston could this rarity be found in quantity. Last week, braised beef was served at the House Dinners. Equally elusive to the desperate steward, such commodities as perishable vegetables, shortening, cheese, canned goods, to say nothing...
Sutherland: Hitler and Mussolini and Stalin are gangsters. Hull and Churchill are a couple of cops. All right, we're in a big city-say Chicago. The cops are interested in law & order and in keeping business going. Oh, sure, they'll accept a cigar, or an apple from the fruit stand. ... All honest graft, you know-say, like Governments have trade treaties and favored-nations clauses and a little international edge here and there. But on the whole the cops really do keep peace and stop fights between the neighbors and keep the city going...