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Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last seven months, Kirkland estimates that he's hit the court just seven times. He says, "I've begun to accept that I probably won't play competitive ball again...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Chemical Benzene Rings Replace Basketball Rims | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

...member of the presidential delegation sent to Vietnam to search for American soldiers missing in action, Mansfield said the United States should accept the reality of Vietnam's existence by normalizing diplomatic relations with that country...

Author: By Jaleh Poorooshasb, | Title: Mike Mansfield Suggests New East Asian Policies | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

TANK COMPONENTS. In 1974 former Defense Secretary'James Schlesinger and Defense Minister Leber agreed that there should be fair competition between the West Germans' Leopard II battle-tank prototype and the Americans' XM-1; if the Leopard won the competition, the U.S. would also accept it as its major armored vehicle for the mid-1980s. The decision was hailed as an important step toward equipment standardization within NATO-until U.S. military pride and industry pressure opposed it. As a compromise, Schlesinger's successor, Donald Rumsfeld, worked out an agreement in principle with the Germans to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: New Troubles for Old Friends | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...took her to a motel. There he began the increasingly common ritual known as deprogramming, in which the convert to some strange-sounding, all-encompassing religion is subjected to threats and arguments until he gives up his new faith. After five days of this, Merylee pretended to accept Kelly's arguments, was released, got back to the Hare Krishna temple in Manhattan and charged Kelly and her mother with kidnaping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Freedom to Be Strange | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

Professor Frank Garfunkel, president of the faculty union, said yesterday there is "no good faith" in the trustees. It had originally been agreed to accept the results of the election, Garfunkel said...

Author: By Omar E. Rahman, | Title: NLRB Upholds B.U. Faculty Union | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

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