Word: accept
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...think the Administration would have a clear take on Bushehr. Think again. There's the conciliatory view: "We could conceive of them keeping the reactor," says a senior State Department aide. If the Russians took back all the spent fuel, as they have proposed, "that would be acceptable." And the hard-line slant: "No way. That's not the policy," says a senior Administration official. The U.S. will never accept Bushehr "as long as we think they have a weapons program...
Similarly, professors would retain control over enrollment in their seminars and the power to accept or deny students who wish to join their courses later in the semester. Student-professor meetings could still take place in person, but an easy-to-use online interface would eliminate bureaucratic hassles and give professors more control over their classes...
Last weekend, for many first-years, two worlds that shouldn’t have collided did. Two months after we’ve left the proverbial nest, our parents aren’t ready to accept our non-academic sides. That the illusion of Harvard as a place of suited professors and pretty doilies has endured almost 400 years of history should warn us that illusions grounded in historical reality will persist. In the eyes of parents, we will continue to be the studious overachievers that we were in high school...
...asked a few of my online inner circle. Over half of the respondents recommended that I always accept friend requests. “I just bite the bullet and let them be my friend,” says Sarah, a Friendster member since March 2003. “I’m a wimp like that.” You’re not a wimp, sweet Sarah, you’re a “friend whore”—a person who shamelessly allows anyone to enter her e-ranks...
...instances like Sarah’s, we justify accepting a friend we can’t stand with social etiquette. We insist it’s rude to reject someone. This person has taken the time to invite us as a friendster, and it is common courtesy to accept. Besides, what is so bad about having someone’s picture linked to your profile on a silly website that people visit when mindlessly procrasterbating...