Word: accept
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...quite likely that there'll be a discussion on the 13th, with perhaps a formal vote at the March meeting to 'accept' the report and for me to establish a working group to prepare the legislation (that must include timetables, implementation, etc.)," Knowles wrote in an e-mail...
...Both outside and within the Harvard bubble, patients’ lives depend on blood, bone marrow, and organ donations. Unfortunately, the supply of these donations doesn’t keep up with their demand; while only a small number of individuals make the choice to donate, many will accept such donations when their own lives are at stake. It’s easy to be complacent until forced to take notice...
...investigate the death of Meiping. But not until October 1978 did a committee of officials finally come to her house ''to apologize to you for the wrongful arrest and imprisonment you suffered.'' The police also unfroze her bank accounts and promised her retroactive interest, and when she declined to accept the interest, they said, ''You will have to accept. It's government policy.'' Her main goals now were to punish the murderers of her daughter and to get to the U.S., where two of her sisters had lived since the 1940s. At a key point in Chinese-U.S. trade...
...protest, the opposition parties have begun to boycott budget sessions in the Diet legislature. "We cannot accept that the ministry that deals with grave social issues like decreasing population is headed by someone who has demonstrated a complete lack of respect for the people," says Yoshiaki Takaki, head of the Diet policy committee for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan...
...their militias. Until now, Hamas has refused calls by Fatah and the international community to recognize Israel's right to exist. Going into the Mecca meeting, Hamas appeared to be showing flexibility. "We have no choice but to reach an agreement," Haniyeh said, without specifying if his militants would accept Israel's existence. Saudi backing for a Palestinian "unity" government, especially one that is ready to deal with Israel, would help sell the accord to other Arab countries, notably Egypt and Jordan...