Word: accept
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...press conference last month—only the third prime-time press conference of Bush’s presidency—the president tried hard to deflect blame for everything from the Sept. 11 attacks to Iraq’s missing weapons of mass destruction. But by refusing to accept the slightest blame, or answer the most straightforward questions about his actions, Bush continues to undermine progress abroad. The Iraqi people, the international community and increasing numbers of American citizens are learning to distrust and dismiss statements from this White House, and in the global war on terror, such lack...
While some Administration hard-liners may bristle at such talk, the White House is willing to accept those kind of darts in silence. "We love him no matter what he says about us," says a White House aide. U.S. officials, including proconsul L. Paul Bremer and National Security Council envoy Robert Blackwill, have kept a close eye on the Iraqis vetted by Brahimi for top jobs in the government. Another White House aide says Brahimi spent last week working "around the clock" to finalize names of the new government, soliciting opinions from dozens of Iraqi leaders and U.S. advisers...
...Mateo Narcotics Task Force and the IRS raided BALCO last September and carted off enough boxes of evidence to ban four U.S. track-and-field athletes and start investigating nine more. Two weeks ago, the USADA got sprinter Kelli White to confess to using a series of banned drugs, accept a two-year suspension from the sport and agree to help with the investigation. Jones and Montgomery were among 27 athletes reportedly named by BALCO founder Victor Conte as having received THG, according to a federal investigator's memo. Conte denies making that admission. What the USADA showed Jones...
...lobbied for a reduction in mutual-fund fees and left a trail of disgraced executives in his wake. Spitzer carved another notch in his belt last week. After drawn-out negotiations, Richard Strong, the former chief executive of Strong Capital Management, agreed to pay a $60 million fine and accept a lifetime ban from the securities industry to settle charges of improper trading. Spitzer will be at it again this week. He's expected to file a lawsuit seeking to force former New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.) chief Richard Grasso to return most of the $140 million in accrued...
...certain that if I ever found myself in the position that I am in today, I would follow my inner voice. Today that voice tells me I must humbly decline this post." SONIA GANDHI, leader of India's Congress Party, who was elected Prime Minister but decided not to accept the job, which will go to another party member, Manmohan Singh, a Sikh...