Word: accept
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...dear Lou," the President wrote, "... I salute you. In the terribly regrettable circumstances which have arisen, I feel that I must concur in your judgment and accept your proffered resignation ..." The "recommendation" of Marshall, the President added, "betokens the same spirit of patriotism...
After bowing through innumerable curtain calls, Sadler's Wells Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn hurried backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House to accept the greetings of British delegate to the U.N. Sir Gladwyn Jebb. Convinced that her countryman's superlative performance at Lake Success deserved something special too, the dancer personally fitted a dark red rose into Sir Gladwyn's lapel...
...given. Not all the Protestants are doubters. Visitors are surprised at how calmly her neighbors take her. But as one villager said: "It isn't as if it was something new. Been going on now for more than ten years. I guess we've just come to accept it as a fact and let it go at that...
Miss Norton resigned to accept a position as public relations director of the Boston Y.M.C.A...
...after Atomic Bomb No. 2 struck Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito stepped down from the clouds at another imperial conference, and for the first time in his career dictated a major decision: to accept the Allies' terms of unconditional surrender...