Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meetings of this kind, teachers and students do not negotiate. Of course there is an exchange of experiences, but it is impossible to apply those in a pattern-like manner. I think that many things we do in this country Gorbachev cannot accept, which is quite understandable. The conditions and possibilities of the Soviet Union are quite different from ours. I can definitely say the Soviets understand and appreciate that we search for new solutions to present problems. I would like to single out our system of economic management, which I would describe as a socialist planned economy that pays...
...stressed) can be had for $285. Among the strictest reconstructionists are the 1,000 or so members of the Brigade of the American Revolution, a group founded in 1962 to re-create the life of the Revolutionary soldier. This brigade will not allow women to fight, though it does accept women and children as craftspeople and water carriers, which would have been their roles in the 18th century. "Most working-class women of the 18th century were virtually treated as beasts of burden," explains National Commander George Woodbridge, an artist for Mad magazine...
...officer of Missouri's Sho-Me Pit Bull Club: "There's no dog that has a bigger heart. You can just feel the love coming from this dog." For those who have felt the pit bull's teeth rather than its love, that is a difficult sentiment to accept...
...smashing 13-11 victory for the brash, high-living Kasparov. Last week they began Round 3 in London, with Games 73, 74 and 75 (all draws). But not before an opening round of press-conference publicity, in which Kasparov, asked about his playboy image, shrugged, "I must accept it," and said of his challenger, "Unfortunately I cannot choose my opponents." Karpov, the quiet, defensive killer shark, kept his hostility in check but brought along a public relations aide to praise his style as one that "belongs to the next century." The series will move to Leningrad after the twelth game...
...into opposition when it was publicly suggested last week. Some fear that by providing clean needles, the state would only encourage drug use, a greater threat to public health than AIDS itself. Rutledge's proposal would attempt to guard against this by requiring tests to ensure that people who accept the needles are in fact hooked on drugs and not simply casual experimenters...