Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...windy corner. It had no idea that Costello was "THE Frank Costello," said a spokesman. Would the Army return Costello's $10,000? Well, no. Said Commissioner Donald McMillan: "The Salvation Army has been advised by its counsel that it has no legal right to refuse to accept funds...
Many an Argentine hesitated to accept La Prensa's conclusion that Miranda was a dead duck. They had not forgotten that 18 months ago, when he swapped his job as head of the Central Bank for the chairmanship of the Economic Council, he had become stronger than ever. Perhaps he could do it again. But if half the stories circulating in Buenos Aires were true, Don Miguel was really out this time. Recent cabinet meetings, according to these stories, had become very stormy every time economic matters were discussed. Even Miranda's underlings in the Central Bank...
...Elena Nikolaidi was enjoying the sensation. Reporters found her in a modest hotel on upper Broadway, with her husband Thanos Mellos and her two-year-old son Michael. She hadn't made up her mind which, if any, of the morning's offers she was going to accept. She was pleased, but not entirely surprised...
Broadway had been saying gloomily that Porter had written two flops (Seven Lively Arts and Around the World) and had not turned out a hit since Mexican Hayride. Socially, Cole Porter has always had more invitations than he could possibly accept. Professionally, he had become a wallflower, waiting around for a producer to ask him to do a show. When the right invitation finally came, it was from a pair of new producers, Arnold Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayers, who had to find financial backing the hard way. Porter did his work on Kiss Me, Kate in three months. Then...
...interval of one term,' the words 'and can be re-elected.' Undoubtedly, gentlemen, from the standpoint of constitutional doctrine, this is the way the article should read . . ." Then, to shouts of "We want Perón!" he declared: "Not only am I not going to accept a second term, but I don't believe that my health would allow...