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Word: accepter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prodigious accomplishments, as writer, teacher, minister, musician, philosopher, doctor, and above all, as a humanitarian. It shows in Schweitzer compassion, devotion, and dedication--verities which usually groan with age and mistreatment when movie-men drag them fleshless from the closet. And you are surprised to be able to accept and enjoy these verities, the film, in an honest...

Author: By Will Snickson, | Title: Albert Schweitzer | 2/26/1957 | See Source »

Price War. In Baltimore, calculating that he had 7? worth of beer left when the barkeep announced closing time, Patrick Duran noisily demanded a refund, refused on principle to accept an offer of 10? in reparations from a policeman who showed up to make peace, responded to another law officer's comment ("For five cents I'll lock you up") by plunking down a nickel, was hauled off to the station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 25, 1957 | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...President coupled with the hint a statement that "we still hope" Israel will accept U.S. assurances and go along with the U.N. demands...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S. Ready to Support Pressure On Israelis, Eisenhower Asserts; Johnson Threatens to Force Vote | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

...unfortunate, if not degrading incidents, in the future, the Council should screen its potential agents with care, and exercise a firm control over his activities once he has been appointed. It is now too late to remedy the failure of the 1957 campaign, but there is no reason to accept the chairman's plaintive excuse that student contributions have dropped steadily since the end of World War II. Such claims should be carefully examined, and solutions for the problems that have been raised should be found. Council action, if undertaken as a sincere attempt to find cures, can succeed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bad Samaritans | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

After Wednesday, the CRIMSON will accept only notices which are typewritten, with the typewriter margins sat for 38 spaces. It will also be a general rule that any one notice, unless of official importance, shall not run more than twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices Notice | 2/19/1957 | See Source »

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