Word: acception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most serious claimant to the Califate was King Hussein of the Hedjaz. The Arabs of Mesopotamia, Transjordania and the Hedjaz proclaimed King Hussein Calif, a title which the King was pleased to accept. For some time, the Arabs have been agitating to make Hussein Calif, thereby displaying their dislike for the conditions with which the Nationalist Turks surrounded the Califate. It was by no means certain that any of the other Moslem countries would recognize King Hussein as the head of Islam. He is, however, more fitted to the Califate than most other candidates, because the blood of Koreish, tribe...
...order to fulfill this program you must accept courageously the provisional burdens which will permit us to defeat the attack against us and maintain the confidence our laborious country deserves. I repeat that these burdens are temporary...
Under the leadership of the noted publicist, Wilhelm Hall-Halfen, a concerted effort was being made to run ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm for President of the German Republic. Said Hall-Halfen: "We do not expect that Prince Wilhelm will accept now, but 3,000,000 German voters are already behind him, with more joining daily. The recent State Assembly elections prove that German sentiment is swinging toward the Right, which will aid the Prince Wilhelm campaign by making his candidacy irresistible...
...Tucny, Czecho-Slovakian Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, tendered his resignation to President Masaryk, who was pleased to accept...
...McAdoo, who had journeyed to Chicago, then appeared before the meeting and declared: "You command me to accept the leadership. I accept the command...