Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...counterpart at the Univesity of Chicago,James Nye, agreed, saying that because it costs somuch for a university to catalogue a book, it doesnot pay to accept books without any researchvalue...
...recruit from Northport, N.Y. elected to accept Harvard's invitation because "everyone is really individual, and can pursue their own involvements because there are so many outlets. There's such a range of people all interested in different areas--everyone's doing something...
After a calm morning, a rumor wafts through the exchange: Iran is about to accept a cease-fire in its gulf war with Iraq. High-tech stocks like Matsushita and Fujitsu take off. But the Japanese government cannot confirm the report, and stocks retreat. In the final hour, a wave of panic selling drives the index down by 1203.23 points, to 23,201.22. It is Tokyo's second worst one-day beating ever...
...young man reputed to be a rising star in the largest guerrilla organization. Jamal refuses to spy directly for Rogers and the CIA, but he does offer liaison, a system of sharing information between his organization and the U.S. Rogers' superiors back in Washington dislike this arrangement but eventually accept it in the absence of anything better...
...Democrats enough political clout to shove through a big increase severely trimming back Reagan's cherished tax cuts, either by ramming one through over the President's veto or by winning the 1988 election and enacting a stiff boost after Reagan left office. The President showed great reluctance to accept the advice that he should compromise on a modest boost now. But, says one participant, eventually the "President bought the ((Greenspan)) argument that if the economy goes down the tubes you lose the whole thing, the whole legacy...