Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pathetic that there are still generals who are unable or unwilling to recognize and accept the function of the lawyer in the Army, as evidenced by General Ulmer's remark, "The goddam lawyers are ruining the Army...
...found inside a Volvo parked on the isolated Tel Baruch Beach north of Tel Aviv. Inside the car was a .22-cal. revolver and the body of a man who had shot himself in the head after scribbling a final message to his wife and children, asking them to "accept this act with understanding." The victim: Avraham Ofer, 55, Housing Minister in Premier Yitzhak Rabin's government and a longtime Labor Party official...
...break the deadlock when and if the talks reconvene in mid-January as scheduled, Richard last week made firm Britain's readiness to accept a major role in the transition period from white to black rule. As he explained at a press conference in Pretoria, "What is needed is a direct British presence to hold the balance between the two sides. The whites are entitled to be assured that the transition will be peaceful and orderly and that they will have a place in the country after independence. Blacks are entitled to the assurance that the progress to majority...
...report aims some of its severest criticism at the agency for its decision to accept uncritically the studies and test data provided by the pesticide producers themselves-and for its failure, in many cases, to consider adverse reports and warnings from experts. The EPA, for example, ignored a report in its own files showing that the pesticide 2,4-D caused "increased tumor formation" in rats; as recently as April 1976 it approved what many experts believe to be unacceptably high tolerance levels of the chemical in food products. The agency was also blasted for dragging its feet on aldrin...
Vietnam veterans don't sound like my teacher. They tell cynical stories of an arbitrary war. They tell of buddies killed in the jungle by an anonymous trap or an accidental bombing. They learned to kill to save a corrupt government, and they learned to accept death as a pointless inevitability...