Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SIMPLE FACT is that Koch's difference from his opponents is only a matter of degree. Less bizarre than Farber, better financed than Goodman, more politically subtle than Cuomo, he is the best actor for the only script that New York voters will accept. The past decade of failed idealism, followed by near-bankruptcy, has provided a political mood in the city that will accept nothing but an energetic, well-connected centrist politico, one with an aura of reform but a mind for conformity. And Koch is such a man. Clearly, anyone with the gall to mount a massive campaign...
Pierce gets his information about the second coming directly from the Bible. Although Crist points out Christians understand much of the Bible is meant to be taken symbolically, these Harvard students tend to be like Donovan, who says she "lives out of the Bible." They accept it as the word of God and a factual, historical document...
...clear: Martin each time-in Minnesota, Detroit and Texas-had shrewdly turned the players against management to his own advantage. "These other guys didn't choose to take Billy on," said Steinbrenner. "I felt I could change him." As a start, he got Martin to accept a conditional contract stating that if the manager caused any dissension, his salary could be withheld, a contract Martin soon sharply resented. From the very beginning of the year, Steinbrenner hovered over his manager, offering unwanted advice, badgering him. Their confrontations were often stormy. One night after a difficult Yankee loss, Steinbrenner called...
Herold did not help his own cause when, just 49 seconds later, he let a ball slip off his chest, presenting Tiger Rick Raber with an open net scoring opportunity that he was more than glad to accept...
...this Harvard team is no group to hunker down and accept a shellacking. Crafty forward Lee Nelson beat a pair of defensemen at 27:08 and beat Princeton's talented goalkeeper, Guy Cipriano, with a shot from just inside the penalty area...