Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Discipline by the mother: does she set limits for the child's behavior; is her punishment kindly or cruel; does the child understand and accept...
...same day, Lyndon had stepped into the Rose Garden to accept a Thanksgiving turkey from the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board. Eying the 40-lb. Iowa gobbler, he quipped: "I wasn't quite sure what I would eat for Thanksgiving, but I'm glad it's turkey and not crow...
Most people in Uruguay really could not accept that they had had too much of a good thing, and were faced with shattering economic collapse. They reminded each other proudly that beef export is up, chose to forget that wool export, the country's other major product, is generally down. Despite the fact that as much as 50% of a man's salary may be withheld against social benefits, and that much of this withholding is illegally used by capital-starved companies, politicians anxious to please the people called for more benefits...
...says it is "just a coincidence" that she is divorcing her husband of 19 years, Baron Franz von Lampe. "I am not a home-cracker," she coos, "but if I'm invited by my leading partner to dinner, I don't see why I shouldn't accept...
...convention agreed, resoundingly defeated a proposal to allow nine of Wake Forest's 36 trustees to be non-Baptists and nonresidents of North Carolina. Also voted down was a proposal permitting Wake Forest and six other Baptist schools in the state to accept federal aid for construction. The results stunned Tribble, who had counted on enticing foundation support for a $69 million expansion program if the vote had gone the other...