Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...believe that among the fundamentals of religious liberty are the freedom of a church to teach its members and the freedom of its members to accept the teachings of their church...
...Commons, and that "the vast majority of Labor M.P.s are opposed" to neutralism and had made this clear to the men and women who voted for them. The hall was in uproar, but Gaitskell's voice went plowing on: "Do you think we Labor M.P.s can simply accept a decision of this kind and become overnight the pacifists, unilateralists and fellow travelers that other people...
...mediate between De Gaulle and the Algerian rebels, Bourguiba was outraged when De Gaulle refused to even see the Tunisian ambassador in Paris, Bourguiba's own son. Bourguiba ordered him recalled. As for Algeria, Bourguiba's patience seemed to have run out. Said he: "We will accept all action, all aid, all intervention. Whether it is under Russian or Chinese pressure, through American intervention, or finally by direct negotiations, any means is good to put an end to the war in Algeria...
What made the question more important than repudiating fealty to the Crown was that any such change requires all other Commonwealth members to decide whether to accept South Africa as a member under the new terms. The opposition was afraid that such black countries as Ghana and Nigeria would veto Commonwealth membership for South Africa and thus end its valuable Commonwealth tar iff preferences. This, cried Opposition Leader Sir de Villiers Graaff, might be "a final mistake that may well lead to the end of the good life that you and I have known in this country." Added Progressive Party...
...Anyone who fails to accept and endorse the sweet reasonableness of this entire program, herewith submitted, is to be sentenced to ten days in Yale...