Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rather than accept a Ford-Rockefeller ticket in 1976, or worse yet, the prospect of Rocky in the top spot should Ford step aside, many conservatives want to start a third party now. Last month some 450 conservatives meeting in Washington cheered M. Stanton Evans, chairman of the American Conservative Union, when he declared, "It's too late. We've gone beyond the point of no return." The sentiment was obviously in favor of a new party, and a Committee on Conservative Alternatives was set up under the leadership of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms to explore...
...cartel members agreed to accept France's invitation to Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezuela and Algeria to represent OPEC at a preliminary meeting in Paris on April 7. They will sit down with representatives of the U.S., Japan and the Common Market countries, along with delegates from Brazil, India and Zaire. The April meeting will lay the groundwork for a full-dress conference between oil producers, industrial nations and Third World countries later...
Even a successful job search can exhaust a person's resources. Charles Kent Evans, 48, lost a $25,000-per-year job as vice president of Delta, Inc., a manufacturing firm in Jonesboro, Ark. Looking for a new post, he was willing to accept a cut to as low as $9,000. He sent out 100 resumes, listed himself with five employment agencies, got written recommendations from his Senators, J. William Fulbright and John McClellan. Still, it took him 18 months to find work, as director of the Arkansas State Nurses Association. During his ordeal, he depleted his life...
Real Anguish. Factory workers adjust best of all. They are used to many bumps in life, and they fatalistically accept layoffs. Explains Kiev: "The factory worker has more cynicism, more skepticism about the company than the executive. He feels that the company owes him something. When he is laid off, he rationalizes: 'Those sons of bitches at the company.' And he goes out to mow lawns and fend for himself...
Holcombe said this week he will not accept the paycheck "unless they tear up my suspension form...