Word: reject
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...veto. But Smylie contends that the law violates the state constitution, so far has refused to appoint a racing commission to get things going. Some states are eying the potentially huge take of another gambling gimmick: the lottery. Among them are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and California. Most legislatures reject the notion as somehow more evil than betting on horses and dogs. They perhaps forget that all 13 U.S. colonies held lotteries that supported George Washington's Continental army, helped finance such educational institutions as Yale and Harvard...
...debates today in Congress show that many public officials do not reject the possibility of fighting and winning a limited nuclear war. They do not foresee an unchecked arms race leading to reciprocal homicide. And they call for continued testing, opposing any agreement at Geneva...
Junta leaders were reluctant to arrest Yun and Huh for fear they would become political martyrs. But the men around Park did not hesitate to reject the opposition demands. Defense Minister Kim Sung Un summoned 160 top military men to Seoul for a strategy meeting, later took to a nationwide radio hookup to speak for them: "We strongly support the present government. There are seeds of uneasiness in the country, and this is not the time to transfer the government to civilians.'' Then, to make the point more emphatically, all 160 officers rode grandly through the streets...
Drawing on history to drive home his point, Kennedy blamed "a Republican President and a Democratic Congress" for bringing on the 1958 recession by deciding "to keep the debt limit unrealistically low, to cut back and stretch out budget expenditures, to tighten monetary policy, and reject all efforts at tax reduction." The results: unemployment went from 4% to 6%, the growth rate of gross national product slipped from 4% a year to 3%, and business spending on new plants and equipment fell in 1962 to a lower level than...
Accept or Reject. Knowing hands pointed out that just after she handed in her resignation to the association at a meeting in midtown Manhattan's Daily News building, she scooted off to meet Powers at an uptown hotel. After nearly three hours, she emerged with Powers to announce that she would immediately begin calling some-but not all-of her 1,183 employees back to work under the old contracts. But it might not be that easy to get back in print on the cheap; the American Newspaper Guild advised its members to report for work, whether they were...