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Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Humanity faces a tragic future if the war threat is not brought under control. Any government that summarily rejects these disarmament proposals would accept a frightful responsibility before all the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Hard Line (Contd.) | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...possible, however, that a majority of people will accept integration because it is the law, even though they don't like it. Faubus himself stated last night that he does not oppose integration, but only untimely and forced compliance with the Supreme Court decision. And it is true that Faubus ran for Governor on the plank which accepted integration if it were approved by the local school district...

Author: By George H. Watson jr., (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Faubus May Have Aided Forces of Integration | 9/28/1957 | See Source »

...Nepal, by the President of the U.S. And in the interest of art-not to mention the financial interests of the Cinerama people, whose first three productions have already grossed $60 million-he decided to take the Cinerama audience along to see "the glowing fantasy of Asia." Those who accept his invitation will not actually see "the mythical Shangri-La" that Commentator Thomas leads them to expect, but they will certainly have plenty of opportunity to see Lowell Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 23, 1957 | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...stock interest in General Motors Corp. was illegal (TIME, June 17). the Justice Department has been seeking the best way to divorce the two giants. Last week the trustbusters gave the first real hint as to how they will proceed. The one thing Justice will not accept, said Assistant Attorney General Victor Hansen, is one thing Du Pont would probably agree to: a permanent, nonvoting trust for Du Pont's 64 million G.M. shares. This, Du Pont hoped, would remove control without forcing the company to get rid of its stock. Instead, said Hansen, Justice will insist on complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Selling Du Pont's Stock | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...week's end kids at Central High School, who were ready to accept integration until they were goaded by rabble-rousers, were getting tired of the foolishness. "We don't need troops here," said a Central sophomore. "They are supposed to keep the peace, but they push us around too much. If you want to stand on the sidewalk and look at somebody, the guards push us back." Cried a grey-haired woman: "Hey, kid, why don't you keep quiet?" Replied the boy: "Because I don't want to. It's a free country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: Making a Crisis in Arkansas | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

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