Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...should like, at the risk of being considered an "old-style language teacher" [TIME, Dec. 29], to point out that opposition to the Army method comes from those of us who accept the Harvard Committee's definition of general education's aims (i.e., "to think effectively, to communicate thought, to make relevant judgments, to discriminate among values"), and who fail to see how the mechanical parroting of sounds contributes to the achievement of these aims. . . . It is to the Army's credit that it saw its objectives clearly and went about accomplishing them in the most direct...
...there seemed to be justification for Wherry's defense. After hours of discussion, opinion had crystallized on one point: the State Department could not be trusted to handle either the dollars or the distribution of U.S. aid. Except for half a dozen bitter-enders, most were willing to accept the Marshall Plan in principle-but with some Republican trimmings...
Next day the non-Communists quickly elected their ticket, giving the first vice presidency to a Socialist, the second to a Popular Republican. The Cocos got the third and fourth spots. Furious and frustrated, they said they would not accept. When Foreign Minister Georges Bidault appeared to say a few words, they advised him to run away and drink his U.S. Coca-Cola, chew his U.S. chewing...
...know how I over was elected president," murmured Stu Bottle '50, "because we were too apathetic to held an election. But I guess I'll have to stay in office. I'm too apathetic to resign, and even if I did, the members would be too lazy to accept my resignation...
This was as close as Cripps dared come to telling British workers (who last fortnight, through the Trades Union Congress, said that they would not accept wage ceilings) that they must not expect wage increases. "The Chancellor," said the Tory Daily Mail almost with relish, "is pretty good at these unpleasant jobs...