Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Khrushchev made clear what he meant by U.S. "colonialism." "The colonialists give a dollar as 'aid' in order to get sub sequently ten dollars in return by exploiting the peoples who accept such aid ... How is the 'magnanimity' of the U.S. explained when it gives arms free to European countries, including Western Germany which is a highly developed country itself? It is to rivet with a golden chain not only the undeveloped but also the highly developed countries...
...credit went to the democratic unions; the Communists could only grudgingly accept the gains on behalf of their own members. Caught up in the Marxist dogma of progressive "pauperization," the Communist unions demand political rather than economic gains, preferring workers to be poor and militant rather than well-paid and independent. Some of the French workers seem to be catching...
...from private citizens to pay the fines, El Espectador and El Correo politely declined the assistance, pointing out that they were well able to pay the fines themselves. But the National Press Commission, worried about the effect of such fines on smaller, less prosperous newspapers, announced that it would accept donations to pay possible future penalties. As the freedom fund grew, El Espectador continued its opposition, published a cable from former President Eduardo Santos that said tersely, "The fines with which you were honored serve once again to arraign the Office of Information and Propaganda, with its scandalous doings, before...
...Intelligence seems to accept the Japanese statement that he was executed in 1944. Meissner suggests that the death sentence against Sorge was never carried out. He cites these items: a French diplomat claims to have seen him since; his execution, if it took place, occurred without a witness from the condemned man's own country, although such a witness is required by Japanese law; nor were his remains made available to friends or relatives. The German ambassador in Tokyo at war's end, Heinrich Stahmer, believed that Sorge survived to direct the Far Eastern Department...
This fall the headmaster had to tell one mother that he could not accept her son because his aptitude was not high enough. After hearing his decision, she asked him, "What's the matter with you people nowadays? Won't you accept a challenge any more? This is the fourth school which has rejected my child...