Word: accepter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British are in or almost in the Suez area. The best time for bullying them into inactivity is now past. But neither the British nor the Israelis can remain in Suez. An outright demand, however, would only hurt already touchy British pride. First, the British must be persuaded to accept complete Israeli withdrawal. Then, through the U.N. if possible, it must be made clear to them that the maintenance of troops in the area is indefensible. If the U.N. does not work, then economic sanctions must be threatened (quietly). But the President must continue firm, indeed he must be tough...
...Polish-style Communism satisfy Poland's restless millions? The day might come when Gomulka would need the Kremlin's help as badly as he now needed to defy it. This awareness lay behind his offer of a continued collaboration with Moscow. But could Nikita Khrushchev accept Gomulka's cooperation on these terms? Khrushchev by his hasty flight to Warsaw had staked his own prestige on the event, and had suffered a rebuff...
...Abolished the group's long-standing restriction on remarriage of the guilty party in divorce, decided to permit Lutheran pastors to remarry any divorced person who shows repentance. Marriage is a "lifelong, indissoluble union." declared the delegates, but "God in His love does accept the sinner...
...hasn't as yet appeared. On the other hand, the Student Council's general lethargy has worsened the situation. Four delegates and one alternate were authorized to attend the national convention. One delegate (who left before the close of the convention) and the alternate managed to attend. Then, in accepting NSA for another year the Council refused to take full advantage of the information these people should possess, and instead chose to accept as the basis for its action a report which gave no mention to the policy decisions made at the congress, support for which Harvard's membership implies...
...lynching and violence, they had acquired a new sheriff who was outspokenly determined to apply justice equally to blacks and whites. The leading politician, Kerney Woolbright, backed the sheriff's policy. So did Jason Hunt, the town's rich man. Even Bootlegger Jimmy Tallant was willing to accept this manifestation of the "new South"-provided his business was left alone...