Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...difficult for us to evaluate an Evans performance. Shakespeare and Evans must seem almost synonymous to us, born too late for the Sotherns and Barrymores of a former day. He is Hamlet, and we accept him altogether -- if we sit in the first few rows, we even accept a fine spray with our soliloquy. And here we must do much the same; if Evans is perhaps too precious as the English king, he is at all times magnificent as the tragic poet of the later scenes...
...second floor of Helsinki's Hotel Kemp, heard the German broadcast and several others from foreign stations, but still could get no confirmation from Finnish officials. No news came from the Finnish Diet, which wrangled in secret far into the night, debating whether or not to accept at this last hour the Allies' offer of 50,000 troops. Morning came, and though news correspondents were certain now of peace, Finns were not. A carpenter busy boarding up a store window against more bomb splinters said to the New York Times'?, George Axelsson: "I have not heard anything...
...Placement Office "hands out" no jobs; at best it brings together prospective employer and employee. In this sense every registrant must shift for himself; the final responsibility for getting a job is his. Those seniors who accept this responsibility will always be guaranteed the sincere efforts of the Placement Office in their behalf and may be reasonably assured of employment after graduation. Donald H. Moyer...
...blunder is a basic fault in the administration of our diplomatic service. American ambassadors receive salaries far too small for the expenses which they are bound to incur as official representatives of the United States Government. The result quite naturally is that very few men can afford to accept the responsibility of diplomatic service and we must expect incompetence...
...University states clearly in a pamphlet describing the House that "a student who does not accept a reservation in a House in any assignment will be considered ineligible for Non-Resident membership in any House in the following academic year...