Word: accept
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...treating the meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops [RELIGION, Nov. 24] as if it were a political campaign, you mislead your readers. The church is not a democracy, nor should it be. It is a congregation of people who accept the Pope's pronouncements on faith and morals as the teachings of Christ. If a member cannot accept the doctrine, he or she should leave the church and join another religion. James H. Walter Rancho Murieta, Calif...
...galled top GM officials that some of their EDS counterparts were making more money than they were. Finally, some GM units thought that EDS was charging the parent company too much for computer services. "The fundamental problem," said a member of GM's board, "was that Ross could never accept the fact that he had sold EDS and would not be able to maintain the level of autonomy that he was used...
...farmer whose arm was crippled, told me of Liang's suicide, I wondered aloud if speaking to me would only bring more trouble. Yu had already been jailed once after I met with him. But he continued talking. "I tell you, English-language journalist," he said, "I cannot accept what they have done to us. Even if it takes 10 years or 20 years, I will keep fighting...
...troops should come home, but I don't. The U.S. destabilized an entire region by attacking Iraq on some trumped-up pretext, so walking away is not an option. The U.S. created the problem and must now fix it. The very Americans who voted Bush into office must accept responsibility for their actions. Mark Lynn Pietermaritzburg, South Africa...
...March, more than one million leaked documents from governments and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Bloc will be available online in a bold new collective experiment in whistle-blowing. That is, of course, as long as you don't accept any of the conspiracy theories brewing that Wikileaks.org could be a front for the CIA or some other intelligence agency...