Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Egypt wouldn't accept control of the overpopulated, impoverished, faction-ridden Gaza Strip if you paid them...
...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think, is best. But not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted;" we aren't here to accept or reject, we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret...
Return is an inappropriate term because there is no one to which the West Bank should be returned. The King of Jordan can't be expected to accept control of the area because it will infuse too many Palestinians into his nation and threaten his authority in the same way that the Jews would be challenged in Israel. Let the Palestinians have a chance to rule themselves. The idea that Israel should wait for more moderate Palestinian leadership has been made a mockery by the riots due to the continued occupation by Israel. Those Israelis who have settled...
...says. Still, this tour of duty has hardened many Israelis' political views. "In the past I was ready to give up some of the ((occupied)) territories," says Private Nir, 20. "Today I think that's impractical." As children return to the streets, soldiers offer candy. The youngsters accept, whispering "Shalom." For the soldiers, it is a welcome break from hostilities...
Lefty at first refused to accept that his buddy Donnie would testify against him, but he was forced to believe it when he was confronted by Pistone on the witness stand in federal district court in Manhattan in 1982 and was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Sonny Black disappeared 17 days after Donnie Brasco's identity was revealed. In August 1982, Black's body was found on Staten Island. His hands had been chopped off, a symbol of a violation of Mafia security. "I felt a little bad," says Pistone, "but I always kept in mind that...