Word: accept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Idea of Wolff suing the Crimson is not my idea, but the Crimson's. Their challenge was issued in the confidence that their advantages would make it foolhardy for me to accept. It is foolhardy, but nevertheless I accept the challenge. I do so because I have an inherent faith in the fact that what I am doing is not wrong, but is constructive and sound educational practice and theory. I have a deep feeling that even with the superior talents of Mr. Evarts, some judge might be persuaded that the Crimson attack on me is not the sort...
...check for $5 you say you are sending me for "pointing out minor inaccuracies" in your story of Jan. 15, it will be returned to you by registered mail when received. I've never considered myself very bright, but I just cannot be so dumb as to accept this particular sum from TIME...
...never again will Harvard accept them as complacently as it used to. The Faculty has lately shown, through its consideration of the Student Council Report and the recommendation for wide area fields of concentration, that it is questioning the fundamentals of Harvard's educational process. Whatever kind of new structure is built, it must be made proof against the parasites of Harvard Square, and so must provide within the University for all legitimate tutoring needs. Attempts to do this have so far hardly had time to prove their effectiveness. But they show the way that the University must...
...superior moral excellence, but mainly to geographic security. . . . The United States cannot hope to have a part in determining a just and stable peace unless, during the conflicts, she proves herself alive to the deeper issues involved. . . . A new international order . . . is impossible unless every nation is ready to accept some limitation upon unqualified national action in the interests of the welfare of all peoples. . . . For this sacrifice of a measure of national self-interest to the higher ideal of the community of nations, the American people must be prepared. Here is the special task and obligation of Christian leadership...
...they have not improved because of the willingness of capital. ... I have always believed in [unions] where needed, and they have been needed almost everywhere." Quoting these words, New York Post Columnist Samuel Grafton added on his own: "Those who are op posed to unions must at once accept the leadership of Mr. George F. Johnson, for his way has worked. But the trouble is, they have to take...