Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...latest in the line of Pennsylvania bosses, is unlike these political ancestors in every respect but one: he too thinks the salvation of the U. S. is bound up with the Republican Party. (It is no contradiction in fact that he would accept, and be happy under, John Nance Garner as President.) Like his predecessors, Joe Pew is spending pots of money to bring about a G. O. P. victory. Unlike them, he spends his own money. Since 1934 Joe Pew and his immediate family (Brother John Howard, Sisters Mabel Pew Myrin and Mary Ethel Pew, Nephews Arthur...
...Cooper's attitude that two days later he hastened to amplify it: "I think it is essential to destroy [the] German armed forces and not let them have weapons again. You cannot do that without hurting many German people. We have got to defeat Germany and we cannot accept the excuse that [the war] is the fault of the Government. They have made that excuse too often...
...except those in Mil Sci 4, who must buy their own. In the case of Naval Sci, textbooks belonging to the Government are loaned to the students. In addition students who take the third and fourth years in each course and who sign a contract agreeing to accept a commission in the reserves after graduation, receive a monthly stipend from the Government...
Wendell Willkie is a self-confessed political "hybrid": he says he does not agree totally with either party. For that reason many a free-wheeling Democrat, many a Republican would like to see him President of the U. S. He was willing to accept the Republican nomination for the Presidency, but no one had figured out how to start him off.* With no party backing, he was a rootless flower in the political garden. Then, in Wall Street, an amateur political gardener announced he would do the necessary spadework...
...stated, Harvard's position is unassailable. But across the Charles stands Thomas Dorgan, author of the teachers' oath law, who refuses to accept that position. He points to a clause in the state constitution which calls on Harvard teachers to dose their pupils with correct moral principles. On the grounds that Russell's appointment violates that clauses, Dorgan is seeking to block by court action his appearance here...