Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Many laymen and priests, particularly those who have already registered strong objections to the Pope's birth control encyclical, "will no longer accept the Church as an authoritative teacher on matters sexual. The hard truth is that most people have made up their minds, and their minds say that the Pope and the bishops do not know what they are talking about...
...exchange rates should be scrapped and that currencies should be free to fluctuate in value. That way, weak currencies would be penalized with instant if minor devaluations. Balance of payments problems would automatically disappear, along with the onerous controls and taxes imposed to try to solve them. Few policymakers accept such a radical proposal, but support is increasing for the related idea of permitting currencies to fluctuate within a "band" of 3% to 5% of their par value. Thus Friedman may not gain all of what he wants, but he stands to get a good deal...
...sense, Friedman is like a Paris designer whose haute couture is bought by a select few, but who nonetheless influences almost all popular fashions. Richard Nixon's economists will not accept all of Milton Friedman's money-supply theory. They will, however, pay much more attention to monetary policy -and relatively less to taxes and Government spending. In that way, they hope to ease the economy onto a steadier, less inflationary course...
Most junior faculty members eventually leave Harvard to accept better offers elsewhere. I'm not sure why one such departure should be considered newsworthy...
...cadet and officer-leader without a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. The few dissidents found among the college educated men who do fulfill their military obligation--a small minority of all graduates--are almost invariably those who served as privates, bitterly and begrudgingly, because they chose not to accept responsibility or weren't good enough to serve as officers...