Word: accept
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...notoriously thin skin is another large part of his legacy - and a potential problem in any presidential bid. Thom Rumberger, a GOP attorney and Jeb friend, calls him "the brightest Governor in this state's history. But to be President he'll need a little moderation and willingness to accept counsel once in a while instead of the my-way-or-the-highway approach he's prone...
White House Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett calls Gottesman "a walking mood ring," the unquestioned authority on whom the President wants in his limo, what member of Congress he may accept in his office on Air Force One and whether it is wise for a top aide to bring up a particular topic at a particular time. "Blake is so humble and professional that advisers much older than he rely on his advice instead of resenting him," says Reed Dickens, 28, who has filled in for Gottesman...
...Professor Ann Lane, a former director of UVA's women and gender studies program, is embarrassed that NeW got its start at her university. "I'm not opposed to the group's existence - I just don't like it," she says. "I particularly don't accept their premise that men and women occupy such culturally different spaces...
Lehrer responded to Summers’ appeals to the University by saying, “On behalf of my new class, we accept your challenge and will make it happen...
Paulson also explained his recent choice to leave Wall Street and accept his nomination last month as Treasury secretary...