Word: acceptible
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Washington and many of Italy's other Western allies feared that the deal might amount to a psychological breakthrough for the Italian Communists. But for the moment the U.S. seemed prepared to accept the conventional view that the agreement was a successful tradeoff. "Each side," observed one Italian Cabinet official, "allowed the other to save face, knowing that in politics it is a mistake to over...
Since Begin's upset election two months ago, Washington has become increasingly alarmed over his intransigent views. Begin has said that he sees "no condition" under which Israel would withdraw to its 1967 borders, especially from the West Bank, or accept a Palestinian state involving the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. Moshe Dayan, hero of the Six-Day War and now Begin's Foreign Minister, last week flatly rejected what he called "partition" of the West Bank. Begin insists that the West Bank is negotiable, but his Likud political faction has been more amenable to Israeli settlements...
Characteristically, the Yuvali found no port in Asia that was willing to accept its surplus cargo, which included two dentists, a surgeon, a professor of geography, a former ARVN major, two bankers, two nurses, several fishermen, and 16 children under the age of ten. Captain Tadmor made an unscheduled stop in Hong Kong to get the refugees desperately needed medical attention; authorities in the British crown colony refused to allow them ashore on the ground that the Yuvali was not scheduled to call at Hong Kong...
...from getting off. Prospects for the refugees were equally poor at the Yuvali's next port of call, Yokohama, Japan has consistently refused to admit escapees from Indochina unless the United Nations or another country agrees to take the refugees off its hands quickly. Most Asian states will accept them-temporarily-only if there is no other way they can survive...
...Amendment, has had a hard time handling. It is a conflict between two liberties, in a society that no longer feels it possible or desirable to legislate uniformity. A growing number of Americans might concede that adults have a right to read whatever they wish-or at least might accept that the law requires this. But they also argue an equal right not to be subjected to pornography that they consider offensive. The law seems to be moving toward some such distinction between content (protected) and display (regulated), which may not answer all the troublesome questions but is a start...