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Word: acceptible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Goodwin says what happens in the future is "up to the utilities," adding that Harvard does not accept the responsibility for finding new energy resources...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: The Great Chilled Water Bazaar Or Harvard's Energy Labyrinth | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...once the new male shows that he is determined to kill the infants, the mothers abandon their young. Though they could gang up on the male or refuse to copulate with him after infanticide, Hrdy notes, it is always in their individual self-interest to break ranks and accept him. Reason: their own male offspring will eventually benefit from the infanticidal trait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Animals That Kill Their Young | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...album's second side has remained obscure. For six years, Billy Joel has been turning out superb music that has gone relatively unnoticed, and the success of the four cuts on side one of The Stranger is a first for him. It seems that the listening public has now accepted the Billy Joel who has been around for years, but they are not yet ready to accept his new experiments--or as he calls it, "a face that we hide away...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: More Than Just a Piano Player | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

ALTHOUGH The Stranger has ended his absence form the airwaves, it has not succeeded in getting the listening audience to accept Joel's diverse talent. To most, Billy Joel is still a stranger: they know him only as the piano man. But Billy Joel is much more than that, and The Stranger demonstrates his range of abilities. The experimentation of side two is still a bit rough, but Joel should not abandon his experiments. Along with the attempts at diverse types of music, Joel might do well to return with some instrumentals like "Root Beer Rag" and "The Mexican Connection...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: More Than Just a Piano Player | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...attacking a Puerto Rican gang, only to find out the friend isn't sure it was the Puerto Ricans who mugged him. When Tony and Stephanie win first prize in the 2001 dance contest, a goal they have aimed at for a long time, Tony decides he cannot accept it because a Puerto Rican couple really deserved...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Only a Slight 'Fever' | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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