Word: acceptant
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...trying to capture Kosovo from the Serbs in battle -- that would demand a massive commitment of ground troops, risking high casualties and potentially forcing Russia to intervene. Instead, the alliance's bombs are intended to persuade President Milosevic to end his persecution of the Kosovar Albanians and accept NATO's terms for settling the Kosovo dispute...
...bombings became inevitable when Milosevic refused to accept the Rambouillet Agreement's provision for NATO peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. Although the alliance remains committed to the Rambouillet principles, the agreement itself, as Madeleine Albright put it, "has been overtaken by events." Neither the Serbs nor the Kosovar Albanians are now likely to accept an autonomous Kosovo within Serbia under the protection of NATO peacekeepers...
However, all Harvard students have the choice to cross-register for classes at MIT, or even other schools of the university, some of which are located in far more "inconvenient" locations. In choosing to join ROTC, students accept the commute as an inconvenience in exchange for the opportunity to serve as a cadet or midshipman, and this is certainly a noble choice. Similarly, students who wish to cross-register at another school accept the commute as a cost of participation. However, while gay and lesbian students are allowed to register for most classes at MIT, they do not have...
Ford, primarily a writer of children's books, began writing lesbian erotica under the pseudonym of Lillian August because, he said, the gay community did not originally accept male writers in that field...
Heck, who learned of the University's decision last Thursday from Korsgaard, would not say whether he would accept the offer. Before he announces his decision, he said he has to meet with Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles to discuss the details...