Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Romney's waning fortunes have locked his principal supporter, New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, in a deadly dilemma. Except for Rocky, Nixon's other potential challengers are fading fast. California's Governor Ronald Reagan last week admitted for the first time that he would accept a vice presidential nomination in the interests of party unity; previously, he had abruptly rejected any such suggestion. Illinois Senator Charles Percy, another dark horse, has disappeared in a very deep shadow. Neither showed promise of emerging from the penumbra except as possibilities for the second spot...
...with the French? Finally, almost by default, the job went to a diminutive and quiet-spoken Belgian, Jean Rey, the Common Market's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. Since Rey's chief qualification at the time seemed to be that he was the only candidate De Gaulle would accept, the Common Market partners feared that he might prove to be merely a puppet for De Gaulle's disruptive ambitions...
...worship at West German Protestant churches, which they claim are unconcerned with the real problems of the world. Among other things, the demonstrators have demanded that ministers turn their services into group discussions on such topics as the immorality of capitalism. Since no pastor has yet seen fit to accept this demand, the agitators have occasionally littered the churches with copies of a bitter fiscal parody of the Lord's Prayer...
...spleen transplant of the dog Ellie is the first totally successful one done by Norman's project. In the past, problems have arisen because the hemophiliac dog rejected the new spleen. Rejection occurs when an animal refuses to accept living tissue from another body. In Ellie's case, doctors avoided the threat of rejection with a combination of immunosuppressors: cortisone, actinomycin C, imuran, and antilymphocyte serum...
...back on imports on foreign aid, many of these demands will come hard. But there are a few encouraging signs. Before he left, Rostow--the American representative in New Delhi--announced a major change in American policy. After ten years of firm opposition, the U.S. will be willing to accept a system of preference treaties at the conference...