Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hustle off to Moscow, the Russians took his delay easily. "We have no timetable." said First Deputy Premier Mikoyan. The real meaning of the Russian offer, and of the timing, is that Russia is announcing-in advance of the summit parley-that the Kremlin is content for now to accept two Germanys. The offer was also meant to dramatize an awkward fact: the power to unite Germany and to restore its lost territories lies primarily with Russia. It could be done overnight by a single curt order to its hapless German satellite. It could be done without help or hindrance...
...dilemma resolves itself in essence into a series of perplexing questions: "Should considerations of personal friendship and the desire to shield friends from public humiliation prevail over the demands of national security?" "Do I as a teacher have greater moral and legal obligations than my fellow citizens?" "Should I accept departures from the historic ideal of due process in apparent questions of national security?" "Have I the right to question the power and motives of a committee which claims to uphold national security...
From the moment that abominable decision was handed down, two broad courses only were available to the South. One was to defy the court openly and notoriously; the other was to accept the court's decision and to combat it by legal means. To defy the court openly would be to enter upon anarchy; the logical end would be a second attempt at secession from the Union. And though the idea is not without merit, it is impossible of execution. We tried that once before...
Retorted the Kremlin: "Your tone can only be described as unboundedly pretentious. Yugoslav comrades do not accept criticism in Marxist manner but in a bourgeois manner...
...support program. They are planting all the strong-gluten wheat they want and selling it on the open market. If enough other farmers follow Hughes's example, it may wreck the delicate mechanism of the whole price-support program. Next month wheat farmers will vote on whether to accept acreage restrictions again this year, and many experts think they will vote against them. If so, it will be up to Ezra Benson to figure out a way to avert a sudden market collapse...