Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Western world while glorifying themselves with such airy phrases as "African personality" and "African socialism." Tshombe-that rarest of Africans who seems to have no complexes about being black-recognizes the brutal side of the African personality, and the phony side of African socialism. He is willing to accept people from the outside-whether mercenaries, technicians or missionaries-to give the Congo a measure of stability. Canny and unscrupulous, candid and pragmatic, he just might do it-although the odds are overwhelmingly against...
...offense against Jesus' words that "one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Unless Van der Wiel publicly confessed his sin, they warned, "we will chase you out of town." To keep his job, Van der Wiel agreed to accept the punishment...
Doty said last night that the votes on the six questions would be only straw votes, or expressions of Faculty opinion, and that he planned to reintroduce his motion to accept the Committee report. "If certain points of view develop strongly, the report will either have to be amended or voted down," Doty said...
Last night McCann said that he would not accept reappointment to any of these committees or the chairmanship of any other committee. He indicated that all men in these positions worked directly with the Senate President and that he couldn't serve in "good conscience" under Donahue...
...Either a person has confidence in you or he doesn't," McCann declared after announcing his resignations. He said last night, however, that he would accept appointment as an ordinary member of other committees...