Word: accepter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...failure of "another approach to this most intractable question on the international level." The British government had finally agreed to the principle of self-determination for the Cypriots, Eden explained, but its valued ally Turkey would not stand for it. Therefore "Her Majesty's Government have to accept that for the moment progress by this means cannot be realized...
Pushed through by Adenauer's iron will, the bill was less than all he desired. Unable to get the Upper House to agree to 18 months service for conscripts and unwilling to accept a counteroffer of twelve months, Adenauer settled for a law which fails to specify how long draftees must serve but nonetheless gets the defense machinery to work. West German officials swear that they will keep their promise to have 96,000 men in uniform before the end of the year and a 500,000-man force in NATO...
Though most of the Constituent Assembly members are Diem supporters, they did not accept his proposals supinely or find easy agreement among themselves. A relatively liberal document, the constitution nonetheless takes a realistic view of South Viet Nam's weakened national condition and the internal and external Communist threat to its security. It provides freedom of the press, speech and assembly-but gives Diem the right to suspend these freedoms in emergencies during the next four years. It denies Diem's demand to be allowed to dissolve the National Assembly at will-but provides him with a strong...
...visit to a ranch, Colombia's cattle-raising President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla enthusiastically admired his host's prize bulls, offered to buy one. "Your Excellency," said the rancher, "I cannot accept money from the President. I will give you a bull as a gift." Replied Rojas, squaring his shoulders: "As President, I cannot accept a gift...
...main difficulty that Watson has, and that several others in the cast share with him, is an inability to conquer Shakespeare's lines and to speak them naturally. The audience in Sanders can always hear Watson and almost always understand him. Through his sincere and intelligent performance, it can accept him as Henry V. But somehow it can never forget that he is up there reciting lines that are not Henry's but Shakespeare's--and often reciting them in a regrettable sing-song voice at that. Some of the other actors are more successful with their words. Thayer David...