Word: acception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Instead, the Administrative Committee party received him with respect. An hour later they voted 16 to 12 to accept terms from Mr. Lloyd George as follows: 1) resignation of all members of the Organizing Committee not favored by him; 2) a pledge by Mr. Lloyd George to contribute the income of his "war chest" to be used "free from any conditions" to finance the Liberal campaign at the next parliamentary elections. That meant Mr. Lloyd George had bought the Liberal party...
...remarkably unequivocal statement. He evidently wants to arbitrate. He seems to have decided that we are not Bolsheviks, and so beyond the pale of lawful arbitration." Straightway the Mexican Foreign Office issued an official statement to the press: "The Mexican Government declares that it is ready to accept in principle that its difficulties with the United States should be decided by arbitration...
...have been taught still to reverence the Confucian civilization, blending it with the Christian faith, much as Greek philosophy was incorporated with Christianity at the beginning of our era. ... At present the 'converted' Chinese regard civilization as a thing purely material. . . . For this false and dangerous view England must accept her share of blame...
...written by Kenyon Nicholson, young Columbia University professor of dramatic art. Paradoxically, it falls short of technical efficiency the while it achieves a glorious fullness of unacademic atmosphere, characterization and emotional conflict. In the play, all the tent-show folk-hula dancer, snake-charmer, clown, odd-job men - accept with varying humors their haphazard, futile nom-adism-all except the barker, "Nifty" Miller, soul and essence of the entire raucous flimflam. He, chained like the others to the aimless tent life, holds fast to the idea that his only son will one day be a wealthy, respectable lawyer...
...disadvantages seem to make it hardly worth the experiment. The inconvenience that the Harvard ruling would bring to the managers of teams of other colleges--until those colleges accept, of necessity, the Harvard athletic policy in place of their own--should have some weight with the Harvard Committee on Athletics. It is natural that a manager should be reluctant to sign a contract that would leave a hole in his next year's schedule. But this they may say, is only a detail...