Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Besides beautifying Mrs. Eisenhower, the new coat raises once again the thorny problem of whether public officials and their families should accept large gifts. Beaver is not quite Democratic mink in spite of the latest advertising ploy, but the present administration has also been embarrassed by the generosity of King Saud of Arabia. One aide accepted an automobile from the monarch, and there are many daggers, watches and other golden mementos waiting to be distributed. In addition, Senator Wayne Morse has been unkind enough to nag the President about gifts of livestock and a tractor for his Gettysburg homestead...
...just watched for signs saying 'Vienna' to see whether we were going in the right direction. We could have been caught, but we were sure of ourselves. One hundred yards from the border we saw a Hungarian peasant's house, and he invited us in. He wouldn't accept any money, and was shocked that we would offer...
...what we have done in effect is to accept the idea of pooling foreign policies as well as nuclear and missiles research. The atomic devices which we have developed since the War serve today as the foundation of our policies toward not only the Soviet Union but friendly and uncommitted nations as well. Massive retaliation, in substance the doctrine of both Democratic and Republican administrations, has laid down the conditions in which our global strategy operates. Until now, the United States has sought to manage this global nuclear counterweight alone. The harmful results of this monopoly have been clear--fear...
...present, the Dental Clinic has two dental chairs, a hygienist, and a roentgenologist. At the beginning of the year the Clinic can accept all comers, but a few weeks later only those students with minor dental problems are taken. The rest are told to look elsewhere for help. The average student is hesitant to trust a strange dentist in a foreign city and tends to postpone his dental work indefinitely...
With the Russian satellite still revolving around the earth, the public is beginning to accept it as a normal part of the solar system. But the public is also asking questions about the implications of the satellite...