Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member parliamentary caucus, which Smith characterized as "very pleasant, very constructive." Scarcely a week earlier, the party congress had voted resoundingly against majority rule. Now, in the wake of the Sunday-night massacre in Pretoria, as Smith's meeting with Kissinger was becoming known, they were asked to accept it-and they...
Henderson drew a low number in his House's lottery, but even juniors with all the suites in the House to choose from had to accept crowded living conditions at Winthrop. Robert J. Palay '78, a Winthrop House junior with second choice in the lottery, also must sleep in his living room. Palay said yesterday there is "no possibility for juniors to get their own bedrooms in Winthrop House...
...popular member of his senior class. Chester committed suicide at 24, with no explanation, no warning. Medved and Wallechinsky interviewed his mother and his high school girl friend, trying to fathom his motive; the conclusion they reach, that he could neither live up to his popularity in school or accept his post-graduation anonymity, is couched in his mother's words, making it a lot more palatable than a slick judgment on someone the authors barely knew could have been. The episode may substantiate Medved's idea that Palisades can be seen as a microcosm for that generation: in three...
However, King Juan Carlos eventually granted him amnesty and Martinez Soler was able to accept the fellowship...
...political genius and a military leader of the first order. But we cannot accept the praise you lavish on a man who was guilty of so many crimes against humanity...