Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Glucksmann and his colleagues have pasted a totalitarian label on Marxism at a time when Communist parties in Italy and Spain, as well as in France, are talking up their notion of a "Eurocommunism" that is independent of Moscow and ready to accept democratic forms, including elections. Not surprisingly, the French left's reaction has been sharp. The usually left-leaning daily Le Monde has gamely praised the "passionate challenge" raised by the New Philosophers. But the socialist Le Matin has flatly condemned their thinking as "elegant despair" and "a banal form of dandyism." A commentator...
...legal or moral ramifications. One question suggested by Graham: "Should the Government officially adopt a program dedicated to telling lies?" Another, clearly, is how the courts should cope with the problem of $1,000 monthly payments and occasional $35,000 relocation bills for witnesses who are forbidden to accept "improper inducements" for their testimony...
...Myth of God Incarnate [Aug. 15] is another jaded attempt to season Jesus to the palate of current sophistry. Editing the Bible according to what one chooses to accept may be popular, but cannot pretend to integrity of scholarship...
Next day Vance met again with Huang and broached the Taiwan issue, offering several formulas for possible compromise. Might the Chinese consider issuing a statement asserting their right to use force against the island but disclaiming any intention of doing so? Could they tacitly accept continued U.S. participation in the defense of Taiwan? Could they ignore or at least not repudiate an American statement that the U.S. would unilaterally declare its interest in a peaceful settlement of the issue...
...does, the use of properly trained midwives is a service that U.S. medicine and U.S. mothers can hardly afford to do without. Says Dr. Donald Creevy, a California obstetrician who favors the new bill: "The medical profession can't go on saying, 'If you don't accept good care on our terms, you don't get good care...