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Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hundred and fifty dining hall workers voted overwhelmingly last night to avert a strike and accept a piece-meal wage formula offered in confidence by the University on Friday. A new contract for 460 union members is expected by the end of the week...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: Union Approves New University Offer of 8.3% to Kitchen Workers | 10/2/1956 | See Source »

Javits went back: he was re-elected three times, and by 1954 had clearly earned the dubious right to run against Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. for attorney general of New York. Some New York Republican leaders were reluctant to accept Javits because of his liberal record. Finally Tom Dewey arose at a party caucus that lasted until 4 a.m. "Who else," demanded Dewey, "have we got?" Javits not only ran against F.D.R. Jr., but he walloped him by 170,000 votes and was the only Republican on the state ticket to breast the Democratic tide. Manhattan's Javits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Threads of Power | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...referring to the proposed appointment as "a nice gesture, but rather silly; I think Judge Hand would agree." Rodell felt that only a private agreement between Hand and the President would enable the retired judge to be appointed on a temporary basis. He also believed that Hand would not accept the appointment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Bar Directors Spurn Choice of Hand for Court | 9/29/1956 | See Source »

...other hindrance in the way of this year's program, Hanson said, was the lack of an American History examination. "This year we had to accept the recommendation of the history teachers at the schools," he explained...

Author: By Blaise G.A. Pastory, | Title: Sophomore Places Won By 11 Entering College | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

...Bull and Bear Club of the Law School has announced that it will accept members from the College to its organization. It urged that all members interested in business and finance attend the club's first meeting this afternoon in the large meeting room of Harkness Commons at 1:40 p.m. Market analyst Gerald Loeb will be the main speaker at today's conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legal Blood Wanted | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

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