Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Duluth this week, leaders of Minnesota's Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party will request Adlai Stevenson to accept their endorsement for President. Within a few days, Stevenson will answer yes. Although he has previously made it obvious that he will run, e.g., in Kingston, Ont. last fortnight, when he told newsmen he would accept the Democratic nomination if it were offered, Stevenson will consider his reply to Minnesota his formal announcement of candidacy. Thus, the 1952 Democratic nominee will become the first official entry in the 1956 presidential field...
...thousand officials from outside went in to mount watch at polling places. Red-and-white border barricades dropped down to keep out everybody else. Then some 650,000 citizens of the industrial Saar basin freely cast their votes. The question: Would they accept the "Europeanizing" of their territory, and thereby advance the cause of European unity and Franco-German amity...
...pointed out, however, that some 15 small academic departments could accept, in all, approximately 100 more graduate students than they now have. On his western tour he will aim primarily at encouraging top students in these fields to come to the University for their doctoral studies...
...idea that the practice of leaving bursar's cards was against University regulations," Robie said. He added that although his firm has as yet reached no definite decision on the matter, it "will probably no longer accept bursar's cards as security." Robie further stated that he would contact the Bursar immediately in order to clear the matter...
...grudging reply, however, was already too late. Even though Egypt will probably accept the State Department's offer, it is t best a stopgap measure--a piece of undeserved candy with which to coax a precocious Egypt back into the Western fold. Russia has won a diplomatic victory by forcing the U.S., as the saying goes, either to "put up or shut up" over the Egyptian dam project...