Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Students qualify for sophomore standing if they get scores of four or five on three or more Advanced Placement exams. If students accept advanced standing, they can graduate in three years or stay a fourth year, often to complete a senior thesis or a master's degree...
...There is always the problem that more students want to do it than we can accept," says Ishikawa. "We do want to provide a sense of community and when you get too large, it's hard to do that...
Many department stores have a double standard when it comes to alterations on clothing: women pay extra but men do not. Most shoppers accept this inequality, but not Muriel Mabry and Lori Anderson, two California businesswomen. When they bought dresses this summer at a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Costa Mesa, Calif., they were each charged about $40 for alterations. Meanwhile, the women claim, Anderson's husband bought a suit and tuxedo that the store tailored for free...
...returned to the presidential palace, soldiers blocked his way and arrested him. Throughout the evening, sporadic gunfire could be heard in various parts of the capital, as rival army factions fired warning shots at one another. For now at least, Avril seems to have persuaded the various factions to accept his leadership...
...July, Iran abruptly announced that it would accept U.N. Resolution 598 calling for a cease-fire in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. Last month some 350 U.N. soldiers landed in both countries to observe the cease-fire...