Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are millions of good Germans, as everyone knows, and no one, certainly, wishes to hurt their feelings. But some of the best Germans share one trait of the worst-they only accept the word of Germans. The rest of the human race for them consists of four or five billion Jews, who cannot be expected to do justice to Germans. Only through the pressure of Germans will Germany be changed. This fact may teach a hard lesson, but it is one that will have to be learned. When Germans universally find that the universe detests their masters, and that...
...with plans for reclaiming the land, pumping up new land, dredging channels, etc. etc. When more prominent persons became interested, complained Engineer Shadgen, he had been shunted aside. A lawyer friend of Maestro Whalen's had persuaded him to sign away his rights to the Fair idea and accept instead a $625-a-month job at which he spent ten months "sharpening pencils" before he was fired, angry and humiliated. Engineer Shadgen was now suing the Fair for $1,000,000 and charging bad faith...
...broken Garbo accept, Miss Gulbrandsen, now performing nightly at the Boston Garden, proudly announced, "I knit sweaters and mittens," but did not say whether they were destined for Hanover...
...Majesty King George VI last week opened a new session of Parliament. In his Speech from the Throne in the House of Lords, His Majesty announced, among other things, that he and Queen Elizabeth were "happy to accept" the invitation of President Roosevelt to visit the U. S. during their scheduled trip to Canada next spring...
...Duchess of Gloucester, first royal family member to accept the thrice-married, U. S.-born Duchess of Windsor as a social equal, was reported to have been "very gracious." British newspapers noted the meeting in a few stilted lines but gossipy U. S. newsorgans speculated that the Duke & Duchess of Windsor would be invited home for the traditional royal Christmas season at Sandringham, that the Duke might soon be given a job abroad such as the Duke of Kent was given, that the pleased Windsors had promised to abandon plans for a U. S. trip until...