Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Believe ..." The Richard Nixon who appeared on television screens to accept his nomination was a long way from the scowling, black-bearded mudslinger that the Fair Dealing cartoonists had led their readers to expect. Simply and eloquently, he set forth his party's beliefs. "We believe," he said, "that government should be a partner with business and with labor and not a partisan to encourage one to fight with the other . . . We believe in human welfare but not the welfare state. We seek social gains, but we reject completely the well-intentioned but mistaken theories of those who would...
...When the white-haired Indianan had regained control of himself, he faced the committee. "I'm sure you do not realize," he said as his voice caught in his throat, "are writing my political epitaph. In a moment, I shall submit my resignation, and I urge you to accept...
...whole bent of the conference was now to show Nasser that he could accept an international Suez authority without diminishing his country's sovereignty one iota. The effort was conciliatory, free of threats of what would happen if he refused. John Foster Dulles worked on a scheme for a new Constantinople treaty, so that Egypt need not accept what it had already spurned. So long as he was ready to accept what Germany's Foreign Minister von Brentano called international "institutional safeguards," Nasser had a chance to own his Canal Company (after due compensation), and the world...
...nation's overall cancer increase in recent years. Says Dr. Wilhelm Hueper of U.S. National Cancer Institute: "Some people got into a fright when they first heard about bacteria or viruses, and for a time would not even shake hands for fear of infection. People came to accept the presence of dangerous micro-organisms in our environments while scientists did everything possible to lessen the danger. Now people must learn to live with carcinogens while scientists tackle the problem...
...inhabited by men and women who are in many ways a law unto themselves. To the carny, all non-carnies are "people," whose dull lives arouse both pity and scorn. At first, Krassowski and his friend were people too. The carnies were polite enough, but they were slow to accept the newcomers as part of their world. Then, after dismantling their stand one closing night, Krassowski and his friend offered to help some "ride-boys" take down their carrousel. They worked from midnight until 4 a.m., but they had unwittingly passed an important test. "A carny who refuses 'beef...