Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being valued on the basis of their beauty and their bodies rather than their brains, since it is hardly likely that the men want them so much because they are smarter. So there is a lot of pressure at Radcliffe as there is elsewhere in America for women to accept themselves as being valued in other ways than by being competitive, assertive and smarter than...
...world of The Mousetrap is peopled with immature, often exaggerated characters, who rationalize their idiosyncracies by suggesting that "perhaps it's fun to be crazy." The mark of this production's success is that it half-persuades us to accept this premise, if only for the night...
...fact, fantasize about it. Theories such as these both stem from and help support the myth that women "ask for it", that they are somehow to be held responsible for their own violation and humiliation. The sorrowful disgrace of this is not only that men are socialized to accept these debilitating myths, but women are as well. Women have traditionally been taught to feel ashamed, disgraced, as though they were to blame...
Before making its selection, the Corporation discussed three finalists, all New Yorkers with a financial background. The individual chosen has not yet been notified by the Corporation, since he is supposedly in Europe. However, sources say he is likely to accept the offer to join the Corporation...
...survive under Hall. Wall Street analysts give Borman at least a fair chance of pulling the company through. One of Eastern's worst problems is low productivity caused largely by poor employee morale. Borman seems more effective than Hall at communicating with employees. He has persuaded them to accept a wage freeze for 1976, which he described last week as "the most important thing I've done since becoming president." Borman also talks to workers with realistic candor. Earlier this year, he warned them that the line might lose $30 million...