Word: acceptance
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Publishers, Boren exults, may now have to accept some of his new words. Take "fuzzify." That is a verb that he defines as "the presentation of a matter in terms that permit adjustive interpretation. Particularly useful when the fuzzifier does not know what he or she is talking about, or when the fuzzifier wants to enunciate a non-position in the form of a position." Adds Boren: "One must always remember that freedom from action and freedom from purpose constitute the philosophical bases of creative bureaucracy...
...that's all changed this year. Last spring the Committee on General Education decided not to accept Nat Sci 36 as a general education course, because of its unorthodox grading policy...
...concentrations to favor the opening of all limited enrollment concentrations is commendable, if long overdue. If these concentrations receive the additional funding necessary to expand their enrollments, there is no reason why they should maintain current restrictions. Unfortunately, not all of the concentrations seem to be willing to accept open enrollment. Some History and Literature administrators have expressed opposition, arguing that open enrollments could compromise the concentration's tutorials. Such arguments seem to avoid the greater principle of freedom of choice. Any student who wants to concentrate in History and Literature should be allowed...
...people of Utah have the courage of their conviction?" When the justices nonetheless voted to stay his execution, Gilmore last week appeared before them in shackles and said calmly: "I was given a fair trial. The sentence was proper. I'm willing to accept it like a man and wish it to be carried out without delay." A few hours later that same day, the justices rescinded their stay of execution...
...excuse for hazing, except perhaps to provide a trip for a junior Marquis de Sade. Hazing is clearly much less prevalent than it was during the college days of the current undergraduates' parents. One reason: whether it is outlawed or not, most students will not accept it. Says Senior Steve Taylor, president of the Zeta Psi house at the University of California at Berkeley (a position his father held 25 years ago after being branded on the arm as a pledge): "All that stuff, tubbing, paddling, branding is looked down upon today." Gary Ausman, assistant director of student services...