Word: accept
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...dust settles at Najaf will strengthen the likelihood that - as Anthony Cordesman argues in a PDF download from the Center for Strategic and International Studies - in order to achieve at least a modicum of stability in Iraq, the U.S. and its local allies will be forced to accept a substantial political role for elements they'd once hoped to eliminate...
...seven-year-old was confronted with a frightening plateful of leggy crustaceans unknown back in England. As he recounts in Gweilo, a memoir of his first three years in the former crown colony, a naval officer briefed him on local customs: "Whenever someone offers you something to eat, accept...
Conservationists used to choke on the topic of hunting, but increasingly they are prepared to accept some limited and tightly controlled hunts when they generate revenue for locals who might otherwise kill off the predators. "It seems counterintuitive that killing animals can be good for conservation," says Frank. "But trophy hunting is extremely lucrative, and in order to produce a few trophy males, it is a necessity to preserve vast ecosystems...
...although it's unlikely he will beat the dominant African runners. Some fans are fed up with the drug headlines and will tune out no matter how many kids approach the starting line. "I acknowledge this reality," says Craig Masback, CEO of U.S.A. Track and Field. "And I accept it." So Masback just needs Crawford and Gatlin to win medals in both sprints, then win their relays. And Felix to take the gold in the 200 m, with her smiling, stunning face a reminder of what Jones used to be. And for Stevenson to dance his way to an even...
...strong force of Greek police and military--nearly twice the number of troops deployed in Kosovo in 1999--will patrol the country. Security personnel will outnumber athletes 7 to 1. Publicly, the international community has gone out of its way to praise the Greeks for their willingness to accept advice (from Israelis on suicide bombers, the Czechs on chemical weapons, the Russians on Chechen rebels) and for ponying up $1.5 billion--15 times as much as Atlanta--in security costs...