Search Details

Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Largely because of this attitude, the alumnus feels that he is considered as an individual, not a sum of money. It makes him more ready to accept the fact that grants of large corporations cannot alone support the College and that he must do his share to carry the load. Thus, although the 1955 fund ended in December, and the 1956 drive does not begin until April, 230 graduates have already mailed in $30,000 without being solicited...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: 30 Years of Growth: The Harvard Fund | 3/7/1956 | See Source »

...MIDDLE EAST: "One must, I think, accept the overall assumption that an Arab world with a friendly orientation to the West is better for Israel than an Arab world with a friendly orientation in the other direction. One cannot take issue with the striving . . . to improve relations . . . in the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Moderate Thoughts | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...militarily a neutral state," he declared, "but there is no neutrality of spirit for us, and therefore no 'neutralism.' " Simultaneously, Raab let it be known that Austria had decided not to accept Russia's offer of a $20 million loan, but had agreed instead to accept an American loan on the same easy terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: When Is a Neutral? | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...various states of emergency can be declared by simple executive decree in all categories except war (which requires a congressional vote). Faced by the mildest disturbance, the President can dissolve political parties, order troops to fire on demonstrators, permit police to enter homes without warrants, force newspapers to accept censorship or shut down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Ersatz Constitution | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...Emanuel's prescription for his fellow practitioners: "As supposedly mature men, able to accept the world as it is, though glad to play our part in changing it, we should not employ childish mechanisms of denial or omnipotence of thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Psychiatrist, Heal Thyself | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

Previous | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | Next