Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then the hospitality suddenly turned cold. Among the first to accept the invitation was Dr. Clilan B. Powell, a New York physician and publisher (Amsterdam News), born and raised in Newport News and only recently returned from the independence ceremonies in Ghana (TIME, March 18), where he was entertained by, among others, the Duchess of Kent. In rechecking the list a chamber official discovered that Dr. Powell is a Negro...
...carat pink diamond from the mines of Tanganyika that was a wedding gift to Elizabeth. Beneath her glittering tiaras, the Queen's smile was invariably radiant. But perhaps the diplomatic device by which Elizabeth most thoroughly endeared herself to the exquisitely gowned ladies of Paris was to accept their curtsies in gowns some of which, according to catty French experts, were at least a couple of years behind the fashion...
Khrushchev did not expect the West to believe that Soviet workers would gladly accept the loss of a theoretical 260 billion rubles on outstanding loans. Grunted Nikita: "Comrades, the capitalist-that shopkeeper who would slaughter his own father for a half-percent interest-will never believe that you consent to this of your own free will. He will read about it in the papers and say they have intimidated the workers and peasants." And in fact there were two reasons why the Soviet worker might not be wholly displeased with the state pig passed to him by Khrushchev...
...found only in the crater of Hawaii's volcanic Mount Haleakala), also the word Hurricane combined with a series of swift birds-Hurricane Hirundo (swallow), Hurricane Aquila (eagle), Hurricane Accipter (hawk). Slightly alarmed at the Moore deluge, business-wise Wallace warned: "It is unspeakably contrary to procedure to accept counsel-even needed counsel-without a firm prior agreement of conditions (and, indeed, to follow the letter of things, without a Purchase Notice in quadruplicate and three Competitive Bids). But then, seldom has the auto business had occasion to indulge in so ethereal a matter as this...
...CARGO PACTS, under which truck lines agree to boycott shipments going to or from plant that is struck or branded "unfair" by Teamsters Union, are heading for big setback. ICC is expected to accept its examiner's recommendation to cancel operating permits of truck lines that refuse to handle hot freight...