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Word: acceptance (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Would you accept a leadership role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland Eventually We Will Win | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61, another top Bush adviser, cautions, a high-profile campaign role does not mean that a scholar will necessarily be offered--or accept--a government post...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: At Election Time, Profs Consider the D.C. Life | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

...between Maggie's efforts to force her version of happiness on her family and their resistance to her interfering. Maggie fools Jesse and Fiona into meeting again. As usual, Maggie paints things as she would like them to be rather than as they are. She expects others to accept her fantasy. Tyler continually impresses on us that Maggie's gratification lies in the possibility of re-uniting Jesse and Fiona, somehow giving them what she feels that they, and indirectly Maggie herself, deserve...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Deep Breathing | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

Lester P. Lee, Jr., a former City Council candidate now advising Thompson on his campaign, said Thompson would accept a challenge from a Republican candidate, but since Thompson had won the Democratic Primary there was no reason to debate Graham. No Republicans ran for the seat in the primary, and none have emerged in the past two weeks...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Graham Keeps Running Despite Loss | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

Gonzalez did arrive at Harvard to accept the award, but only after several Nieman Fellows spent a day on the telephone with diplomats and Chilean judges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Niemans Honor Gonzalez | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

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