Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...military did not accept the Gavin concept then, and they are not enthusiastic now about the prospects of deescalation. They argue that maximum pressure is nothing more than an "active defense." Unfortunatelv, the line between attack and defense is not always clear. The military, for example, regarded the bloody assault on Hamburger Hill last May as essentially a defensive action, though it cost the U.S. 84 killed and 480 wounded...
...surtax is a fiscal mechanism, a key weapon in the fight against inflation. In practice-as two Presidents have discovered to their chagrin-Congress has found it a handy lever for forcing its fiscal views on the Chief Executive. Last year a House coalition compelled Lyndon Johnson to accept stringent budget cuts before they would pass the tax. This year liberals in the Senate are demanding as their price for extending the surcharge a major overhaul of the entire tax structure...
...Prof. Cartney committed to a separate school? Are "programs" in Black and Puerto Rican studies the same thing as a separate school? If not, have the students agreed to accept Prof. Cartey's recommendation...
...carry address books. The pigs will record every name in them. Do write on your arm some number where a lawyer or a friend can always be reached in case you're busted. Don't carry dope or accept it from anybody-likewise, don't take rocks or packages from anyone. If you do something you could be busted for, split-you don't know...
Stumbling Block. Most Methodists were apparently able to accept a broad and unspecific definition of "historic episcopacy," which emphasized mainly the unifying virtues of church government by bishops. The stumbling block for many Anglicans was the proposed "service of reconciliation," in which the Archbishop of Canterbury and the president of the Methodist Conference would exchange a mutual "laying on of hands"; the Methodist president, during this service, would also accept episcopacy...