Word: accept
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...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is the best: but not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic it may sometimes be accepted. It is rarely "accepted;" we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret...
...other Allies fuming. Said Kennedy of the U.S. and its relations with allied nations: "I think too often in the past we have defined our leadership as an attempt to be rather well regarded in all these countries. What we have to do is to be ready to accept a good deal more expression of newspaper and governmental opposition to the U.S. in order to get something done. I don't expect that the U.S. will be more beloved, but I would hope that we could get more done...
...terrible-tempered press was quick to take offense. Adding a new phrase to the already rich vocabulary of invective, the Accra Evening News branded the bishop as a "vicious insinuationist," warned that unless he stops his "utter misuse of the pulpit, we shall have no alternative than to accept the gauntlet"-that is, to throw him out again...
...made the offer of a parcel of land in a letter to L. Gard Wiggins, administrative vice-president of the University, but had not received an answer. Wiggins, who was unavailable for coment last night, aparently still hopes that the University's bid on the property will be accepted. Asked earlier if the University would consider raising its offer, Wiggins indicated that it would not and emphasized that the MTA was under no obligation to accept the highest...
...partly to the fact that his proposals would evidently satisfy both the city's need for additional tax revenue and the University's need for land, and partly to the amount of his bid, Coffman insisted that the MTA "could not help" but accept the offer...