Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congressman Pierre ("Pete") Du Pont IV, 41, handily defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Sherman Tribbitt, 53, by a vote of 58% to 42%. Although a millionaire in his own right (he is a scion of Delaware's first family), Du Pont actually had campaign financial troubles: he refused to accept contributions of more than $100 and limited his spending to a modest...
...Ohio, Oregon and Washington, there were initiatives to put tight restrictions on the building of new nuclear-power plants. In a stunning defeat for the persistent foes of nuclear power, the initiatives lost across the board. All of the proposals contained the same two key provisions: 1) that utilities accept unlimited liability in the event of nuclear disaster, waiving the federally imposed limit of $560 million for any one accident, and 2) that state legislatures certify-usually by two-thirds majorities, which are difficult to get-that each proposed plant meet stringent safety requirements. But the environmentalists were heavily outspent...
Albright said that the journal would not accept paid advertisements to raise funds, because that might compromise its scholarly nature...
...basic danger that ethics professors would attempt to instill a set of values that some may not consider ethical. Bok comes to terms with this problem in two ways. First, he warns that the courses should be taught in problem-oriented fashion so 'as not to persuade students to accept some preferred set of moral values." Second, he admits that the problem of incompetent or misguided instruction is great, but not insuperable. He claims that universities can find instructors who can locate useful readings, have an adequate knowledge of human affairs and conduct a rigorous discussion of issues...
...Vorster "dream" is that if the Bantustans are established, the international community will accept them as a reality, Williams said...