Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...consider myself the Democrat," McCarthy answered. "If you accept the 1964 convention as a standard, I'm much closer to what Democratic delegates voted for in a platform, and I'm much closer to what Democrats voted for in the election...
...that, in my opinion, there has never been and never will be any question of science and scientific research with who has "no reasonable chance of getting better or resuming consciousness." The question is of taking organs from a dead person, and the point is that I do not accept the cessation of heart beats as the indication of death." (Certainly such individuals have lost their ability to communicate. The question is, have they also lost their right to be let alone.) Their legal position depends entirely on what is determined to be the legal definition of death...
Reischauer believes America's chief hope for a tolerable outcome is "to force the other side gradually to reduce the scale of fighting and eventually to accept some sort of reasonable settlement...
...transplant, the worldwide acclaim for Dr. Barnard's daring and his immediate success have initiated changes in both professional and public attitudes. Surgeons who did not want to take the risks attendant upon being first will now attempt transplants. More medically suitable recipients will be willing to accept a transplant with its inevitable hazards. And more people will be willing to sanction the gift of a heart to help an ailing fellow...
...role is essentially to urge other people to make the effort," Brooks says. This means that the Corporation will often accept risks of loss where other businesses could not afford to. Depending on the situation, the Corporation may or may not charge interest. And, if it sees "important community benefits," it is even willing to incure a loss. In short, Brooks described the Corporation as a catalyst to change within the community, letting the community decide the direction of change for itself...