Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrats may revive the rejected bill, but with less funding and without the revenue-sharing provision. Ford has indicated he will accept a bill by Senator Robert Griffin and Congressman Garry Brown, both Michigan Republicans. It would give federal funds for community development projects to local governments where unemployment is more than 8%. Brown estimates that his plan would provide about $800 million in the next fiscal year...
Publicly, President Ford tried to downplay Nixon's odyssey, saying that it had "no political ramifications at all." Privately, Ford and his aides were furious that his disgraced predecessor would accept the longstanding invitation just as Ford was fighting to fend off the challenge of Ronald Reagan in the New Hampshire primary. Because Nixon seemed to be emerging from his San Clemente exile, Ford was being peppered with questions in New Hampshire about why he had pardoned the ex-President. Said one senior White House staffer: "It's goddam humiliating. Nixon can be forgiven for trying to make...
...Raton, Fla., with former Panamanian President Arnulfo Arias, whom Torrijos ousted in 1968. Earlier Reagan had accused the Administration of "giving up the defense of the hemisphere on the installment plan." As for Arias, he reportedly promised a softer Panamanian stand if he returned to power. Torrijos seems to accept the Ford Administration's efforts to keep negotiations low-key until after the November elections...
...precedent, The Crimson had been willing to accept any ad that was not libelous, sexist or racist. These are standards imparted by the law, and should be the advertising restrictions in this paper. The Aramco ad is legal according to present federal guidelines and should have...
Owning a newspaper is a trust, a trust that should not be abused by arbitrary and partisan decisions about advertising. All can join in supporting the majority's view that "The Crimson will continue to accept advertising from groups and individuals with views radically different from our own." And all can agree a line must be drawn. And once that line is drawn--and it is evident that The Crimson will rarely, if ever, be faced by morally objectionable ads--we must exclude any advertisements that cross that line, regardless of the economic consequences...