Search Details

Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Galvin, the chair of the House's Government Regulations Committee, refuses to accept the NFL's line, pointing to the fact that the league releases daily injury reports--which are valuable tools for handicappers, as well as opposing scouts. And the league never complains when pre-game shows and newspapers announce the point spreads for its games, Galvin notes...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Tackling the State's Fiscal Woes | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

Americans should not accept the current unjust and impractical scheme that divides our society, wastes billions of taxpayers' dollars, perpetuates the existence of a permanent underclass and masquerades as advancing the best interests of minorities and society as a whole...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: Perpetuating Racism Through Affirmative Action | 7/21/1989 | See Source »

...China absolutely cannot accept this," said the statement, which was read on a state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: China Denounces Seven Summit Nations | 7/18/1989 | See Source »

...Afghan Communists to remain as part of a new government. Baker has privately told his Soviet counterpart, Eduard Shevardnadze, that the U.S. "has no interest in seeing a leadership in Kabul that is hostile to the U.S.S.R." Such assurances, Baker hopes, may lead Moscow to persuade its clients to accept a deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Beyond the Reagan Doctrine | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . it was loathe at first sight. But he (Billy Crystal) learned to accept her (Meg Ryan) as a friend, with almost no romantic strings attached. The "almost" makes for a witty sexual tension in Rob Reiner's comic valentine to love, friendship, Manhattan and Woody Allen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jul. 17, 1989 | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Next