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Word: acceptably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rowe also said that the hospital's size, itsreputation for quality, its new medical center,and his own desire for a measure of financialstability led him to accept the Mt. Sinai offer...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Rowe Joins N.Y. Center | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...talked about such behavior in my Latin American history class freshman year, and I guess I could just never accept such things as true. I had written essay question after essay question on my final exam on that very subject, the PRI's manipulation of the public, but the facts had never sunk in until then...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Mexico City Prepares for Election; Citizens Skeptical About Vote | 7/6/1988 | See Source »

...like any other coach. In the past, the stars who have been injured by playing gay roles have been those who did not appear to be acting, who were so natural that they seemed to be playing themselves. Laurence Luckinbill's agent, for instance, warned him not to accept the part of a bisexual schoolteacher in Mart Crowley's movie of The Boys in the Band (1970), which took a pioneering look at the gay world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Reluctance to Play | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...thing that is probable is that Coleman, like Luckinbill, will not accept another homosexual role. Though he is proud to have been in The Boys in the Band, Luckinbill ruefully admits that afterward most of the cast did their best to set people straight -- and to let everyone know that they were. Says he: "We straight guys spent a lot of time being photographed with cigars in our mouths with our dogs, wives and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: A Reluctance to Play | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

That pattern seems likely to repeat itself, so long as Jackson continues to follow the uncertain course he's on now. At first it seemed that he would accept his loss and merely try to contribute to the debate within the party. Then he switched, suddenly seeming to set his sights on being nominated to the vice presidency. Saying that he had no ranch, no ski-lodge, no oil company to run, Jackson let it be known that the vice presidency was hardly something he would categorically dismiss...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: What Jesse Has to Do | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

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