Word: accept
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Then a vigorous refusal to accept the status quo ... "We've come too far!" - Will Ferrell in Old School...
...restructure, Senate Republicans, led by Bob Corker of Tennessee, engaged in a marathon session of talks. By late in the day, it seemed like they might be amenable to a plan that would involve the automakers slashing their debt by March 31 and forcing the United Autoworkers Union to accept wage cuts that would put them on par with employees of foreign automakers, which operate plants in the U.S. "We were three words - three words - away from a deal. We offered any date in the year 2009 - any date," Corker said...
...like that make it unlikely the proceedings will wrap up before the Inauguration on Jan. 20--which will complicate Obama's task of closing the facility and ending an embarrassing chapter in the war on terrorism. In any event, the military judge, Army Colonel Stephen R. Henley, refused to accept the guilty pleas. He said he needed first to resolve the question of whether a plea--instead of a guilty verdict by a panel of judges--might actually prevent his court from imposing the death penalty. Even martyrdom can hinge on a technicality...
...want to choose between merit pay, based on performance, plus losing a year of tenure, and a standard smaller raise on an annual basis exposes the core issue regarding our failed public-school system. The vast majority of public-school teachers (as represented by their union) are willing to accept below-proficiency pay in return for job security because they are painfully aware of their collective ineptitude. When tenure is eliminated and teachers can make up to $130,000 per year for extraordinary performance, educators like me may be encouraged to (re)join public service. Until that time, those...
...much of his tenure as governor, he has spent more time in Chicago than in Springfield, the state capital. Blagojevich has thus far refused to resign, and he still holds the power to fill Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat. But it's doubtful any credible candidate would accept a nomination that came from his hand. To try to circumvent the scandal, there is some talk of the lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, appointing Obama's successor...