Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Houthakker said that he did not accept the offer because he was unable to "disengage" himself from "various commitments" at the time, but did not specify those commitments...
...Rockefeller did not seem overly amused that he had withdrawn from consideration as Vice President in order to appease the conservatives, and now found Reagan turning to a running mate even more liberal than he. Said Rocky: "The pureblood conservatives-the ones I've come across-will not accept a voting record like Schweiker...
...Ford, as expected, rolls to a quick victory, no one expects Reagan or many of his followers to protest that it was not a fair fight. Republicans are already speculating that Reagan, a team player, would be a graceful loser, campaign aggressively for Ford, and that he might even accept a post in his Cabinet if the President wins...
...Communists have already indicated that they will seek legislation to crack down on tax evaders. They also want better pay for police, more schools and hospitals and a cutback on the sottogoverno, the maze of inefficient governmental agencies. Andreotti can accept most of the Communist proposals, although Zaccagnini warned Christian Democratic leaders last week "to avoid the danger that the parliamentary vote will constitute in fact that majority which we excluded on a political plane." Bluntly, that meant they had to watch against the Communists grabbing command of the lawmaking process and slipping into the government via the parliamentary back...
...tradition, a junior high school graduate will accept a manual job, a high school graduate will take only white collar work, and a college grad only a managerial or professional post. Right now, 92% of Japanese youths are heading for high school diplomas and 68% of those getting them want college degrees. The danger, the White Paper points out, is that Japan's new low-growth economy will not generate enough jobs at the top, while the demand for blue-collar workers will go unfilled...