Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think the faculty felt that they were buying peace," says Rosovsky, who resigned from the Standing Committee immediately after the faculty voted to accept the students' demands. "I certainly prefer peace to all the other alternatives, but I think the price was too high. Too high for the students...
...What bothers me most is the underlying theme of the entire [faculty] resolution, a desire to go on record against all things military," Ford wrote, adding that one alternative to confronting this opinion "would be a decision not to accept these recommendations by the Faculty...
Kennedy, a "non-hobby person" from Cambridge,Massachusetts, criticized the Phi Beta Kappasociety, saying that "an organization like thishighlights the bad aspects of grades." But sheadded that she would still accept the award...
...also accept the fact that there are times when other nations and groups of people desire to militarily overcome and/or depress the United States. In these circumstances, there is the potential for tremendous loss of life if no effective resistance is offered. For this reason, I felt it my duty to contribute to our defensive force in order to protect the lives of my family, friends and countrymen. Again I could be criticized here as being trite, but I think sincerity and strength of conviction are much stronger than cynicism. Timothy McCormack...
Each year, says Carmichael, he has a couple of players who are unable to read their exams or write intelligible answers. For them, he must read the exam aloud and accept oral responses. "There's something wrong with the fact that they arrive here functionally illiterate," steams Carmichael. "It means they were probably treated as a piece of meat somewhere else. What are their chances? Probably 1 in 50. It isn't fair to anybody...