Word: accept
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...Republicans to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, they need to acknowledge in the waning days of the election what the Democrats refused to accept in 1994: it's time for a change. I was involved in the 1994 elections, and I will never forget the arrogance of the Democrats back then, and how they refused to accept the electoral reality facing them...
...particularly encourage op-ed submissions from individual writers who may have a particular connection to the topic they are writing about, and we require that all op-eds be signed by those individuals (up to three); we will not accept for publication articles that have been authored by an organization as a whole or pieces written under pseudonym. Op-eds are meant to examine a particular argument, not make a pitch for a particular upcoming event, and we reserve the right to edit out such references. Finally, we also consider op-art submissions, including annotated charts, a series of drawings...
...process of grieving, with its emphasis on forgiveness, is awe-inspiring. There appears to be no waiting period; already, one father of the victims has met with the family of Charles Roberts, the shooter, to show he bears no grudge. Though their culture does not allow the Amish to accept gifts from outside their community, they still have set up two funds for those who want to donate - one in name of the five victims, and one in name of the Roberts family...
...reject the Western demand that Iran suspend uranium enrichment as a precondition for negotiations. Solana and Larijani had been looking for a formula that would have the Iranians halt enrichment activities for a clearly defined period to allow such talks to begin. But the Iranians are reluctant to accept any deal that removes their right to enrich uranium at some point in the future; even if they do so temporarily, they don't intend to give up that right permanently. The U.S. insists that the only acceptable outcome of the diplomatic process is that Iran agree to refrain from doing...
...question that might provoke a grimace from filmmaker Andrew J. Bujalski ’98; indeed, this prompt is exactly the sort of empty cliché his films refuse to embrace. Further, the “voice of a generation” is a label Bujalski refuses to accept: “Go out and poll my generation and see how many of them feel like I embody their voice,” he says in a telephone interview with The Crimson.But despite the well-deserved critical accolades heaped upon Bujalski, few people hailing from his generation are familiar with...