Word: accept
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...Dean accepted Gore's endorsement--but the question now is whether he will accept his advice. Even as Dean for the first time has begun to consistently lead the national polls--a measure both that he is getting closer to the nomination and that more people are paying attention to him--the former Vermont Governor confronts a new and substantial challenge: having got this far by telling Democrats what he is against, he must start telling them what he is for. Dean needs to step up and define himself, or the Bush campaign will spend millions of dollars doing...
Even if you accept the memo's argument that "limiting competition for prime contracts will encourage the expansion of international cooperation in Iraq" (in other words, war naysayers have to join the occupation if they hope to fully cash in) "and in future efforts" (what future efforts, by the way?), its timing was idiotic. Wolfowitz's findings were posted on a Pentagon website just as President Bush was phoning other heads of state to ask them to give a fair hearing to former Secretary of State James Baker III, whom Bush has just deputed to help renegotiate Iraq's hefty...
...upside is that retailers are a lot better these days at tracking inventory and estimating delivery times. As a result, more are willing to accept orders late in the game. "Nobody is going to make promises they can't keep," says Hillary Mendelsohn, author of thepurplebook, an online shopping guide...
Your behavior during your stay will be long remembered, so mind your manners. Says Post: "You're entering somebody else's home, a place with its own set of rules, its own culture. It's important for you to take part in that world and to accept its ways." Plan to take good care of the spaces you will occupy--the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen. Both experts advise that you offer your help with the activities around you. Can you shovel the snow? Help with the cooking? Buy some groceries? Walk the dog? At least make a sincere offer...
...visiting parents with your significant other, accept the sleeping arrangements that are provided, say the experts. "Don't fight your parents if they put you in separate rooms," says Baldrige...