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Word: accepting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...WEEKS AGO, a member of the Radcliffe Admissions Office remarked to me in passing that she was concerned about the kind of women the Harvard Admissions Office would accept as undergraduates, if women's admissions were Harvard's responsibility. Now that it's been said, this worries me, too. It hints at a whole can of worms that has barely been opened in the discussion surrounding the possible merger of Harvard and Radcliffe...

Author: By Barbara Fried, | Title: Unholy Matrimony: A Case Against Merger | 10/16/1974 | See Source »

Both clubs sponsor small dinner meetings with local politicians, and occasional national figures accept invitations to speak. The Democrats plan a trip to Washington this year to meet with congressional leaders, and the Republicans hope to hold parties to permit members to socialize. Neither group endorses candidates, although both groups occasionally make policy statements on particular issues...

Author: By Michael Massing and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Interest in Politics Increases; Campus Groups Set Programs | 10/15/1974 | See Source »

...flexibility in ideology and politics. Poland, in fact, since the Stalinist days when it was a dispirited Soviet satellite, has turned into a rather un typical socialist state. Private farm ownership is tolerated, ordinary citizens are comparatively free to travel abroad, and churches are packed on Sundays - all made accept able to the Soviet Union by internal stability and a close adherence to Moscow in foreign policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Gierek: Building from Scratch | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

...Kearns, Johnson's fateful guns-and-butter decision of 1965 stemmed in part from his long-dead father (don't back down in Viet Nam) and mother (love of the people must be bought through the Great Society program), plus his own inability to accept limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: L.B J. Unraveled | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

...their social standing in the community rises, they seek better quarters. Bucks are serially monogamous - with sporadic liaisons, possible when an attractive surplus doe hops into view. The couple's offspring are welcome to stay in the burrow after adolescence - provided that they remain docile and accept subordinate status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bunny Hugs | 10/14/1974 | See Source »

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