Word: accept
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...approbation, but certainly a kind of respect for what we're doing. Over the years comic artists, people who were engaged in this business, were regarded with a great deal of contempt and it's only in this last two years that, for example, the libraries have begun to accept the material as legitimate reading. In fact in 1984 I did a five-page article in the School Library Journal begging them to include comics as a way of increasing the standards of the medium. Of course I was met with a loud yawn at the time, but since then...
...explosions are heard and the fireworks begin. After some time someone off-camera makes a short speech in Arabic. Translated, it says: "The people who made this operation are from the few honored Iraqi mujahideen and we ask any honored Iraqis to defend this country and we can't accept any forces, Arab or foreigners, whoever it is, whether it is to reconstruct or occupy it. Depend on Allah, mujahideen...
...actively noticing new things. It doesn’t matter if what we are noticing is smart or silly. When we actively notice new things, we are situated in the present and more sensitive to perspective and context. We do ourselves a disservice when we mindlessly memorize information or accept it as true without considering the perspective(s) from which it may not be. When mindful, we are figuratively and literally more alive...
...antiwar powers on the Security Council certainly appear ready to accept the principle that the U.S. would remain in charge of any UN-authorized military force in Iraq. Such cases as Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan have recently established the precedent for the nation or group of nations committing most of the troops to a UN-authorized peace-enforcement mission retains command. The question of how quickly to transfer sovereign authority to Iraqis has been a point of contention, with the French initially insisting that a transitional government be seated within a month, while Secretary of State Powell dismissed...
...Taking political control in Baghdad away from Ambassador Bremer and handing it to a UN official, however, may go far beyond what Washington is willing to accept. Given the commitment of life and treasure the U.S. has already made in Iraq, and the fact that it will likely continue to shoulder the lion's share of military and economic responsibility, Washington is unlikely to simply hand over the reins to an international diplomat. And to do so, of course, would be to admit the failure of the administration's own postwar strategy. But some of President Bush's domestic critics...