Word: acceptance
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...counted as a dollar saved under the federal accounting system, the measure would have the effect of reducing the Government's deficit by $4.7 billion in the coming fiscal year. Despite Ford's criticism, few Congressmen, even those unsympathetic to the Administration, would be likely to accept the alternatives, a tax boost or a sharp reduction in domestic spending, or even offer spirited opposition to a scheme that their constituents could hardly understand. The House Banking Committee found it reasonable enough, approved the bill by a vote of 22 to 3 less than 24 hours after...
...Reorganized Saints do not call themselves Mormons, and differ with the Utah church on a number of doctrinal issues. They have never practiced polygamy, and admit Negroes to the priesthood-although only a few hundred belong to the church. Both churches accept the Book of Mormon as inspired scripture along with the Bible, and both believe that God provides continuous revelation through the church President. Last week Wallace Smith told the 20,000 delegates and visitors at Independence that his newest guidance calls for a replacement of certain officers in the hierarchy and for an expanded new program of evangelism...
Rating himself on a liberal-radical-militant scale, Epps opts for radical. Harvard has applied no pressure on him to conform to the conservative stereotype of a college dean. "I do what my conscience leads me to do with the knowledge that I will accept the consequences of my actions," he says. "Some say now that I'm a dean I should work to consolidate my power and work on Negro affairs, but that is not my moral philosophy. I will support all movements for social change because there is not much hope of moving the Negro into the twentieth...
...Alliance does not accept its offer, PBH might bring the program to Jefferson Park, a Cambridge housing development, or submit it to the Cambridge Office for Economic Opportunity which could provide the necessary floor-space for the project...
Radcliffe last week announced its participation in two federal aid-to-education programs that will enable it to enlarge its financial aid resources substantially and accept more students from low-income families. The college will receive $17,000 from the Federal Educational Opportunity Grants Program to be distributed among 50 students whose parents are able to contribute less than $600 yearly to their expenses. And for the first time, Radcliffe will participate in the College Work-Study Program which will provide term-time and summer jobs for 75 girls...