Word: accepter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arrest of the archbishop, and his exile, should have significant effects in Europe (especially in France), the Middle East and in the Kremlin. The exile symbolizes, within the web or fabric of cold war politics, a new British policy and resolution. Europe might accept British moral leadership, because Britain does not convey the impression of dominant power that is conveyed to Europe by the U.S. Europe genuinely fears America, although that might be hard to realize, but they will learn to appreciate the relationship with America correctly. Meanwhile, the declaration of Washington, the removal of Makarios together with Washington...
...effect, Ike seemed to be proclaiming his willingness to compromise, but asking for a bill that he could sign in good conscience. But some of the ten members of the conference committee read Ike's statement as a hint that he would accept complete emasculation of the Administration's flexible price support program rather than veto a farm bill this year. Accordingly, at week's end, the committee came forth (by an 8-to-2 vote, Vermont's Republican George Aiken and Florida's Democratic Spessard Holland dissenting) with a bill that Democratic Senator Allen...
...them, maybe rough them up. It could hurt them, maybe ruin their lives." Improvement Association President Thomas J. Collins had a more pointed answer: "It doesn't matter what Father Coogan says now. The Rouses will sell. We've made the deposit. We're willing to accept the loss and that...
Graham was the first newsman to wrest assurance from Adlai Stevenson that he would accept the Democratic nomination in 1952. Through Reporter Folliard at the convention, the publisher sent Delegate Stevenson a note asking him to telephone. On the phone he got Stevenson to agree that it would be "an act of arrogance" to turn the nomination down. The result: Folliard scored a beat in the Post with a story that Stevenson would accept...
...then hangs up. Depending on the number of rings, his wife knows just what train he will catch, and what time to be at the station. Another much-used gimmick is the collect call. The husband calls collect as "Mr. Brown at 528 Madison Avenue." His wife refuses to accept the call, then trots off to meet the 5:28 train. Still another variation is the safe-arrival code. A traveler takes a plane from Chicago to New York, then phones home person-to-person and asks to speak to himself. His wife is thus informed that he has arrived...