Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crown Prince showed his mettle in 1959 when he chose for his bride Michiko Shoda, the first nonaristocrat elevated to royal consort. Apprehensive about becoming a member of the royal family, she was at first reluctant to accept Akihito's proposal, but his passionate wooing won her over. They were married amid nationwide celebration...
...nation forum because of suspicions that the Soviets would turn it into a high-profile propaganda show designed to embarrass the U.S. on a number of issues, including its policies in Central America. Secretary of State George Shultz urged both Reagan and President-elect Bush to accept the invitation, arguing that under Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviets are steadily improving their human-rights record by releasing political prisoners, allowing greater Jewish emigration, and ending the jamming of Western radio broadcasts. By joining the session, the Administration hopes to win Soviet agreement to close out a conference on European security and cooperation...
...opponents say that the school district should not accept responsibility for the actions of outside administrators. "The indemnification issue was a big, big bombshell," said Donald Menzies, the president of the Chelsea Teacher's Union. "Here you have a school district that's practically bankrupt and yet it seems willing to take on an open-ended insurance policy to cover even intentional torts and matters of civil rights...
...TIME are usually credited with having invented group journalism, the application of many minds to one story. We'll accept that credit, but we're equally proud of another tradition: when an individual writer or correspondent has something special to impart, we make space on our pages for that writer's words alone. This is true of weekly stories, and also of regular columns. Since 1973 Hugh Sidey has written a column for TIME on the presidency as seen from his own special perspective. For twelve years Tom Griffith has dispensed his seasoned views on the press in his Newswatch...
There is a growing awareness among Western leaders of the need for workable solutions. French President Francois Mitterrand has suggested allowing an organization like the International Monetary Fund to buy depreciated Latin debt and accept interest payments in line with the loans' discounted value. Author John Kenneth Galbraith and Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs call for the Latin Americans to declare moratoriums on their current interest payments and pay only as much as they can afford. For some nations the plan would be tantamount to debt forgiveness, which would force banks to write off the loan- loss reserves they have...