Word: accept
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...work of the demonic Zarqawi. In either case, it's far from that simple. Suffice to say that in the case of Arafat, the idea that those waiting in the wings to succeed the aging and increasingly unpopular leader are not likely to be any more inclined to accept Sharon's terms than is Arafat...
...true to form in her last days in office. Despite official confirmation that rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had beaten her by a whopping 20 percentage points in September's runoff vote, the 57-year-old has remained largely silent on the subject. "Whoever has been chosen, we must graciously accept it," she said in an Armed Forces Day address on Oct. 5. But that was as close as she came to acknowledging defeat?and the President seemed to be having trouble following her own advice. Although Yudhoyono was seated nearby at the same event, she made no attempt to talk...
...Aides say the remote Megawati, who spent much of her childhood in the presidential palace when it was the residence of her father Sukarno, has found it difficult to accept the magnitude of her rejection by Indonesia's voters. "I don't know why it was such a surprise to her," says University of Indonesia political scientist Eep Saefulloh Fatah. "All she had to do was look at the polls. Everyone said that [Yudhoyono] would win." He adds that the President's petulance tarnishes what should be a moment of triumph despite her huge election loss. "It's a shame...
...evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to be wrong. I acknowledge that and accept...
...Arabia. The long-term political weakness of Mubarak's autocracy, buffeted by the mounting demographic pressure of a stagnant economy unable to produce jobs for growing numbers of its youth, has been exacerbated by the Palestinian Intifada and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Even if they don't necessarily accept the Islamist charge that Mubarak is carrying water for Israel, many Egyptians perceive their government as unable to stand up to Israel and the U.S. on behalf of the Palsetinians and Iraqis. By killing Israelis on Egyptian soil, the perpetrators of the Red Sea terror attacks look to exacerbate...