Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason leads me to accept Mr. Morrow's point in his Essay "On Crime and Much Harder Punishment" [Sept. 18] that a full-scale return to the death penalty would be "ethically shaming and emotionally exhausting" for the American people. The U.S. would have to endure criticism not only from foreign nations, but also from within. Our blood lust could well supersede that of Rome during the persecution of Christians...
...attend a reception nominating "Grease" as the Lampoon choice for worst movie of the year, Michelle Cohan, production secretary for John Travolta Productions, said yesterday. The first line of her response to the Lampoon stated, "Unfortunately, due to his heavy schedule, John Travolta will not be able to accept your invitation...
United Nations Security Council resolutions call on member countries not to accept visits by representatives of the Smith government. The same resolutions also call for a transition to majority rule in Rhodesia, U.N. officials said...
During the past ten months, Sadat has maneuvered hard to bring the U.S. into the Middle East peace negotiations as a full partner, believing that Washington should prepare its own peace plan and then press both sides to accept it. This is what happened at Camp David. Since last year, Sadat has been seeking what diplomats and journalists alike have called a "fig leaf to make compromise respectable. A generally agreed-on declaration of principles, Sadat reasoned, would provide a framework within which other Arab states could negotiate their own deals with Israel. Sadat's deal has now become...
...that would not be far below the 3.9% expected this year, and is probably about as much as the economy can afford without generating even worse inflation. Eckstein's colleagues differ somewhat on the exact timing and shape of the slowdown, but they accept his general outline...