Word: accept
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...Chairman of the steering committee, Melady asked the Princeton conference to accept a report empowering a "permanent committee" to undertake a pilot project in one or several of the new Asian or African states, draft immediate plans for such a project, and seek appropriate financial support." This report was rejected, however...
...draft-exemption for its participants, a proposed program would field or waived, few students would have to meet the standards of the Federal agency. The foundations, however, would be responsible for negotiating with foreign leaders, as some now are doing, about projects in a given country. Thus, Guinea could accept a mission from a U.S. educational foundation-perhaps a group of teachers-without appearing to submit to U.S. "imperialism...
...role of the U.S., Hoffmann argued, must be to make both sides aware of the other's position by "secret diplomacy" and to put "mild pressure" on both to accept a "mutually face-saving" cease-fire. Considering the past immaturity of U.S. foreign policy, Hoffmann expressed doubt that the Kennedy Administration would prove capable of "enough subtlety" to handle the explosive situation...
...European allies will not accept a NATO arsenal of atomic weapons when NATO is headed by an American, General Norstadt, he asserted. On the other hand, he declared, a representative committee would be too cumbersome to act efficiently in emergencies...
Even those who accept the postulate that the ends justify the means reach the point where ends must be distinguished from means. Kennedy has now been elected, and with the selection of his cabinet will be giving a very explicit indication of the type of government that is in the making...