Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accept the editorial's assumption that any betrayal of public trust is reason enough for impeachment, then we should have impeached President Kennedy after the Cuban Missile Crisis. During those 13 days in October 1962, President Kennedy reassured the American public that under no circumstances would we trade American missiles for the Soviet missiles in Cuba. Yet, he sent his brother Robert to the then Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin to offer just such a trade. Kennedy offered to remove our Jupiter missiles from Turkey if the Soviets would take their IL-28s out of Cuba. The deal was concluded...
...President's speech was the launching pad for an energetic public relations offensive that Robert Dole, the Republican Senator from Kansas, dubbed Comeback Week. Reagan's first important move was to accept the withdrawal of Robert Gates' nomination to become director of Central Intelligence. As the CIA's deputy director and a close ally of his disabled former boss, William Casey, Gates had come under fire for his involvement in Iranscam, and his chances for Senate confirmation were looking dim. In Gates' place Reagan nominated FBI Director William Webster, a former judge who is widely respected for his integrity...
Verification procedures to ensure that the missiles are removed will prove sticky. While the Soviets have indicated their willingness to accept some kind of checks, the U.S. is pushing for very specific measures, and one NATO official admits "the Soviets could find these too tough for comfort." While the details were not divulged last week, the Pentagon is known to favor ten "surprise" visits a year, as well as monitoring of Soviet production, storage and training sites. Such arrangements would of course be reciprocal, giving the Soviets access to high-security areas in the West. Says Shultz: "Everyone is edgy...
Harmon said that there are two possible outcomes that would satisfy the university's wishes. First, Poff could find that the clubs fall within state jurisdiction, thus forcing the clubs to accept women...
Despite attempts by Harvard to convince him to stay, the chairman of the History and Literature Department said yesterday he will accept an offer from UCLA to take the helm of one of its libraries and research centers...