Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush refuses to accept economic reality. He claims the deficit is already declining and that tying government spending increases to inflation will solve the problem...
...monster, a terrorist? Why? Who says that? I can't accept your saying it. George Washington was called a terrorist by the British. De Gaulle was called a terrorist by the Nazis. What can they say about the P.L.O., except to repeat this slogan? We are freedom fighters, and we are proud of it. According to international law and the United Nations Charter, I have the right to resist Israeli occupation. I don't want to harm anybody. But look how they are treating my people. These savage, barbarian, fascist practices against our children, our women...
...rates for upper-income taxpayers. But in well-placed Republican circles, there are whispers that Bush has in Reaganesque fashion been convinced by his own rhetoric about "no new taxes." As a top Administration official puts it, "Suddenly, I see the concrete setting. Bush has begun to believe and accept that the economic expansion was driven by the tax cuts of 1981 and the tax-reform bill...
Anna's family is often unsupportive as she struggles to achieve a more complete image of herself. Her parents are nowhere to be seen, and her grandfather (Ralph Bellamy) is a chauvinistic patriarch who shows only skepticism when Anna declines to accept money from him. "You seem to suffer from some romantic ideas about poverty," he says...
Jackson's message and candidacy has been refreshingly candid. He has consistently refused to pander to our baser instincts of apathy and greed. Instead he has solemnly asked that we accept responsibility and take a pivotal role in determining the course of our nation's future. By doing so, he has inspired hope and initiated action. His role--and the role of youth--in America's political process will be greater because...