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Word: acceptible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could say that we got away with it in the past, but today you probably wouldn't get the politicians in Party A in Country X to accept the money, for fear it would become public knowledge and they'd lose more than they'd gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Turner: I Will Be Criticized | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

Richard Dreyfuss, who first gained recognition for his role in Robert Altman's "American Graffitti," will accept his award on February 22, opening the night of the Hasty Pudding's "A Thousand Clones," the Hasty Pudding announced yesterday. He is the 12th recipient of the award...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Pudding Theatricals Picks 'Bubbles' and Goodbye Boy | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

Israel, Hussein charged, adamantly refuses to accept such principles of negotiation. Therefore, said the King with a discouraged shrug, even though Sadat had invited Jordan, "there was no room for us to go to the Cairo conference or to Jerusalem." The overall situation leaves the King disappointed and bitter. "We have been rebuilding since 1967, and now there is the possibility of everything going to pieces. How we would like to have peace, so that we can continue raising the standards of our people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Jordan's King Hussein: I Am Not Optimistic at All | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...young woman about to graduate. This is done in a straightforward, quite artless manner. There is a little spurious drama about the graduate's nervousness over her final recital, but the audience learns quickly that she really had nothing to worry about, as the Kirov had decided to accept her some time before. The picture is at its best when it shows youngsters trying out for admission to the school and when it gives some small idea of how hard they work in the course of their decade-long training program. There are also nice shots of the teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Soft Shoe | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

...involved in "full companionship or partnership with a person of the same sex." The new proposal would make it possible for any local congregation to employ a homosexual if it wished. The church's various presbyteries (regional associations) must approve all clergy hiring, and would be free to accept homosexuals, or reject them, without any constraint from the national denomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Homosexuality and the Clergy | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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