Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...absurd new Egyptian proposals that fly directly in the face of the Camp David agreements [Dec. 25]. But if Taiwan can be abruptly dumped by the U.S. after a friendly relationship that has flourished for almost 30 years, is it any surprise that Israel is hesitant to accept Sadat's two-faced assurances of good intent after 30 years of war? Jeffrey Lipsitz Toronto...
...Nobel Peace Prize that Premier Begin so eagerly rushed to accept has turned to Silly Putty in his hands. He's impossible to love, difficult to admire. Tom De Moss Eugene...
Despite Auschwitz, the Gulag Archipelago, Cambodia and Jonestown, we are being told once again that evil does not exist [Dec. 18]. Good grief! What would have to happen for Milhaven and Baum to accept the existence of evil? Having eliminated evil from the world, perhaps they would be so kind as to rid us of poverty, disease, pain and war as well. Robert H. Stein White Bear Lake, Minn...
...John F. Kennedy School of Government receives a manila envelope containing $4 million in deutschmarks and a hand-lettered note signed by "a bunch of crazy, swinging Argentinian guys." The note asks the school to accept the donation and build a Joseph Goebells Memorial Speech-Writing Library. The school accepts the money. Dean Ira Jackson explains. "If we reject this money, we might offend other potential donors. Right...
...luminous, cigar-shaped object that swallows four University policemen before taking off from the top of Grays Hall. Accompanying the check is a note asking the Law School to establish a Remulac Library of Extra-Terrestrial Studies. Dean Albert M. Sacks announces that the Law School will accept the donation, "for fear of offending future donors, and their android assistants." President Bok, quivering noticeably, says, "Problem? What problem? No, no problem at all around here. What makes you think we've got a problem...