Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are millions of people in this country who cannot accept the antiquated ideas of the "oldtime religion," but who do not know of Unitarianism, a faith led by men with the courage and intelligence to try to free men's minds from the myths which permeate most of today's religions...
...France, breezing out of one rally to address another, narrowly dodged a left hook and threw one off-target in reply. The leader of the Union for Defense of Shopkeepers and Artisans, a motley, rowdy party standing against all candidates and most taxes, swore his followers to accept summary punishment up to and including death if found guilty of violating the party line. Another ex-Premier, Edgar Faure, filed suit because a newspaper printed a statement accusing him of indiscriminately passing out the Legion of Honor to buy votes...
Mendès, a man of the left, says frequently that he does not want Communist support, and would not accept it. But his message in L'Express was a reminder of how this cunning politician, with his ambition to give France a domestic New Deal, has also shown a cool willingness to reduce, even shuck off, France's foreign responsibilities, and to cut her down to a small power with neutralist tendencies. He seemed to be suggesting to the Communist voters that he too has reservations about a foreign policy they hate, and that...
...sympathetic to the religion of the Colombian majority, ordered all non-Catholic schools to provide their Catholic students with religious instructors jointly chosen by the government and the church. The instructors would have the right to scrutinize textbooks and teaching methods. Rather than comply, the American schools decided to accept only non-Catholic applicants, and sadly braced themselves for a big sag in registrations. Instead, more students than ever applied, some whimsically describing themselves as "Independents" or "Buddhists." The cardinal's warning was his answer-but applications went on unabated...
...direct contact between President and press has created a "dangerous vacuum"-harmful to the President, the public and the functioning of the Government. Drummond suggested that Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams might hold weekly press conferences until Ike is ready, or that Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty could accept a weekly sheaf of written questions for the President to answer...