Word: accept
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What if Governor Leavitt didn't want to continue? Would you accept...
...that the BRA and Harvard don’t shove us to one side.”But he also expressed doubts that Harvard’s financial situation truly rendered it incapable of following through on its promises in Allston. “The community should not accept that all things slow down,” Houghton said. “You have the resources, you have the ability, and we would like you to improve the community now.”—Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff...
Egnal argues that most Americans, including many historians, have come to accept that the Republicans’ anti-slavery policies were the cause of both their popularity with the electorate and the decision of the slave-holding states to secede. He acknowledges that this was one part of their attraction but argues that economics offer a more satisfactory explanation for the party’s rise...
...Myths are luxuries that no nation can afford,” Egnal says, and this message could not be more correct or relevant. Marc Egnal is right. We cannot live with the history we want; we must accept all of its complications and difficulties, no matter how hard that...
...This is where Obama's next big test lies: the President may not be able to claim authorship of the bill, but an aggressive editor can change a lot. The question is whether the White House will accept the Hill's arguments for what is needed to pass the bill, effectively letting the Democratic committee leaders price the value of Obama's political capital, or whether the Administration will see for itself what the market will bear...