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Word: acceptible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recorded a radar unit, similar to ones used by police, that was tested for accuracy by Miami television station WTVJ. After the demonstration exposed such ludicrous errors, Judge Alfred Nesbitt ordered 950 speeding cases held in abeyance while he began a hearing on whether or not to accept radar readings as evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Man Against Machine | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...guerrillas should now give up: The armed struggle has not gone on for the sake of hurting one another. It was for the sake of forcing our oppressor to accept majority rule. The most important thing is that we are getting that power we have been fighting for?to improve our constitution, improve our people, uplift them. We know that it is because of our children's sacrifice that we are in this position today, but these are the children of Zimbabwe, not Nkomo or Mugabe, and we want to welcome them back, not condemn them to go on fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Foes in a Black vs. Black Struggle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...guerrillas boycotted the vote: Smith's invitation to take part was, of course, a propaganda ploy. To participate would be to accept the internal settlement. This is an enemy regime we are determined to overthrow. We cannot achieve that by working within schemes contrived by the regime. We can only accept from it surrender terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Foes in a Black vs. Black Struggle | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Valentyn Moroz, one of the five dissidents who arrived in the United States Friday in exchange for two Soviet spies, reportedly plans to accept a standing University offer to assume a post at Harvard's Ukrainian Studies Institute...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Released Ukrainian Dissident May Accept Post at Harvard | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

...this integrity and the salty humor of the old mariner through his slow, shuffling gait and simultaneously gruff and affectionate delivery. Stein's portrayal is the highlight of the production Above all, one senses in his performance the supreme confidence of an actor who has come to understand and accept his role, just as the Captain has carved out a lifestyle for himself in a world in which he is merely a vestige of a former...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: Heartbreak Hilarity | 4/27/1979 | See Source »

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