Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House, which approved the original draft of the bill last summer, voted by a slim margin to accept an amended Senate version of the bill, 79-73, after more than two hours of often-heated debate on the House floor...
Legislators and gay rights lobbyists decided to accept the altered version instead of trying to remove the amendments in a conference committee, where opponents would have a chance to stall the bill's passage...
...going to have an easy time in the elections. Unlike Poland, where there was a prior agreement dividing up the seats, we are going to have a real struggle, rivalry and competition. We have already said we will accept what the people say. But the reformers have always been open in their approach and in contact with the people...
...depositories at a number of Dallas-area banks, they found the slots jammed and an official-looking notice that read: TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE UTILIZE THE U.S. MAILBOX FOR YOUR NIGHT DEPOSIT. Sure enough, one of those familiar curbside mail drops had been placed invitingly at hand to accept the money...
...order to play his regular gig in midtown Manhattan. Why does a man who has had such a successful career as a writer, comedian, actor and filmmaker feel a compulsion to go out and play the clarinet once a week? Certainly not for the money -- he refuses to accept a cent for playing. Nor is it for self-promotion -- he insists that his appearances not be advertised and has repeatedly turned down offers of big- time recording contracts...