Word: accept
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...true Halloween is about postponing the pleasure of eating your candy to count it for the purposes of a math project. It’s about a young bro named Cornelius who once broke his middle school’s record for UNICEF collections by solemnly refusing to accept candy without a charitable donation. But most of all, it’s about three little words that epitomize the spirit of the holiday: [the] jack o’ lantern. During our Harvard run, we’ve experienced a different Halloween than the one we grew we grew up with...
...themselves to survive. Underground markets expanded and a fledgling entrepreneurial class emerged, particularly in the towns near the northern border where goods flow in from China. Grain sales were a critical slice of the new economy. The famine that killed an estimated 2 million people forced the North to accept food aid even from the West, including about $600 million worth from the U.S. over the past 10 years...
...very disappointed with TIME's cover. I am so tired of people trying to force us all to accept homosexuality. It is really sad that you can't read a magazine, watch television or go to a movie without finding some form of homosexual innuendo. What is the deal? Are there no longer any morals? At what point will America stand up and say, No more...
...receptionist. The cashier. I open the office, close the office. I'm the one who takes the money to the bank. I do taxes." A widow, she lives alone in an apartment building for seniors. Her four children help with the rent, but she is reluctant to accept anything more. "All my children are great, but I do not like to ask them for anything," she said. "I'm waiting for myself to get old, when I will need their help." For the time being, she says, "I'm going strong. I have...
...government announced it would not accept more than 300,000 meals donated to Hurricane Katrina victims by the British. A U.S. government spokesperson explained that the Katrina victims have suffered enough." --CONAN O'BRIEN...