Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the past five years, certain Ivy League schools also decided they could not afford the expense of maintaining freshman teams. Spring sports and some "individual" sports were the first programs to re-accept freshmen...
...ruler feels alone in power. The threat of death does not depress him, he says, even though he has become the No. 1 villain to Arab rejectionists. "Neither the Palestinians nor Gaddafi," he said, "can deprive me of one hour of my life, if God doesn't accept it." At the Barrages, Sadat recalled a book about Abraham Lincoln that he had read as a boy. "Lincoln was a villager, too," he said, "and he moved alone." Sadat became excited about the comparison as he talked about Lincoln's humble beginnings. His deep voice increased in strength...
...been laid low with fever, coughing, headaches, aching bones and a lingering lethargy. By all accounts?none of them officially confirmed, of course?the ultimate ranking victim was Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. When his 71st birthday rolled around last week, Brezhnev, who rarely passes up any opportunity to accept honors or congratulations, was nowhere to be seen. In fact, he had canceled all recent appointments. At his last public appearance, at the Kremlin funeral of a Soviet marshal, he was coughing frequently and made liberal use of his handkerchief...
...states $200 in cash each, or about $120 more than the estimated difference in value between Chevy and other engines. The company will also give each car owner a transferable three-year or 36,000-mile warranty. The legal officers of California, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee refused to accept the settlement, presumably because they still hope to collect fines and get more for car owners in their states by pressing their suits. It is quite likely, however, that the U.S. district court in Chicago will both approve the settlement and rule that it should be applied...
...outside Caracas, Yamani gave his fellow oil ministers a tough display of Saudi Arabian power in oil politics. Arguing that the international economy is too weak and world oil supplies too high to support an increase over the current $12.70 per bbl. price, Yamani pushed OPEC in effect to accept a freeze for at least the first half...