Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Paris meeting, representatives of the three-power (Russia, U.S. and Great Britain) nuclear-controls conference in Geneva had come close to an agreement banning nuclear tests. Despite the obvious pitfalls for the West, an agreement would be the first break in Russia's long refusal to accept international inspection, and one inspection might lead to another. Even Khrushchev, with a wary eye on Red China, might have reason to welcome it: a nuclear test ban would provide him with an impeccable excuse for refusing to help Mao Tse-tung acquire nuclear weapons...
...South Africa." Taking advantage of the tradition that the conference's final communique must be unanimously approved, Louw blocked every draft until he got one so innocuous that his boss, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, still convalescing at home from an assassin's bullets, could agree to accept it. The communique tamely noted that the Commonwealth was a "multiracial association" and called for "good relations between all member states." Despite this victory of sorts, it was clear that the battle was far from over...
Which boy would Princeton accept? All of them were topnotch candidates, but Princeton chose one. The hairsplitting decision: Bruce Blair, admitted on the strength of his general well-rounded record and strong aptitude-test scores. Ohle and Hatcher were undismayed. They both got into Brown, their first choice on the basis of a spring trip to it and Princeton. "A party school" was the way Hatcher saw Princeton. "I am willing to sacrifice Princeton's better name for what I think will be a better education...
...Private Talks. Kuykendall said that he had frequent contacts with power-industry executives, and only "very seldom" did some try to overstep the bounds of propriety. He had also accepted industry-sponsored plane rides for "inspection tours" but thought this was "proper." On one trip to Atlantic City in 1954, Kuykendall recalled that he "saved the Government money" by accepting a ride in a "little plane that had only one engine." However, he agreed that the Government could afford to pay for such inspections and that he would no longer accept free rides...
...novel progresses. Morgan slowly comes to accept death, while Rebeck once again accepts the fact of life. The plot tends to unravel, rather than unwind, but even the spectral characters are vivid, and their collisions are often touching and funny-particularly when women are involved. Morgan entwines with a shade named Laura, who has left her body behind with relief, while Rebeck meets a sensible Brooklyn widow, who tries to lead him back to reality, if that's what Brooklyn can be called...