Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...January 1969, the committee, chaired by Henry Rosovsky, then professor of Economics, released its report. A month later, the Faculty voted to accept the committee's recommendations, which included the creation of a standing committee on Afro-American Studies to grant degrees starting with the Class of '72, and the establishment of a standing committee to supervise expansion of course offerings in Afro-American Studies...
...dozen teaching fellows in Government (April 23, 1979). The authors of this letter urge students and faculty neither to boycott classes nor, presumably, to engage in any demonstrations organized in whole or part by the Coalition for Awareness and Action. Why? Because to do so would be to tacitly accept their "irresponsible accusation" about American society as well as "the bad judgment it encourages...
...issue is not whether debate should (or could) be ended, but whether we as individuals should take steps to hasten divestiture and provide for a strong Afro-American Studies Department. This does not mean that we should uncritically accept whatever information the Coalition may feed us and blindly follow in their path. But the concrete demands which the Coalition is making are simple and well-publicized: divestiture and commitment to Afro-American Studies. One needn't follow any party line in order to protest on behalf of these issues. Protest can never put an end to debate, but debate often...
...intransigent bargainer. It put up so many roadblocks that the Europeans were forced to withdraw trucks and electronic items from the list of goods that they had offered for concessions to everyone. Charged the European Community's Sir Roy Denman: "A massive Japanese [trade] surplus is difficult to accept if at the same time the Japanese market is not an open one and the Japanese exporters, like soldiers from a fortress, create havoc...
SAWHILL: Conservation is the one initiative that the American people can accept, understand and do something about. Low prices for oil have sent the wrong signals to people. Higher prices will convince people that we have a problem...