Word: accepter
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...about 70 years of age, and now it's about 65." With better-lasting implants and better surgical techniques, he observes, "people are much less reluctant to jump in." Changing attitudes will likely accelerate this trend. "Baby boomers want to be active and they are not willing to accept disability, so they seek out surgery earlier than their parents...
...Harvard Canadian Club—The Grill does not accept Canadian dollars...
...Smith said yesterday that the search’s duration was simply the result of normal deliberation and that Hammonds, who he said was the first person he had asked to take the deanship, was quick to accept the position...
...leading Hamas politician in Gaza told TIME that his movement would accept a cease-fire if Israel stopped its air strikes and opened the border crossings into Gaza. He also pressed Israel to agree to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the freedom of Corporal Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier kidnapped in June 2006. Israel has, until now, refused to discuss a truce with Hamas, which it (together with the U.S. and European Union) considers a terrorist organization. And, facing international sanctions designed to oust it from power, Hamas has shown no inclination to halt rockets being fired into southern...
...corrupt insiders. Under Putin, attitudes have flipped. Now it's the intellectuals who are disgusted with his administration's habitual disregard for democracy, its tendency to harass opposition figures and intimidate media outlets that dare to criticize the state. Average Russians, on the other hand, seem mostly to accept Putin's grand bargain: I'll improve your standard of living if you keep your mouth shut. It's similar to the deal that Deng Xiaoping and his successors have offered the Chinese: there will be no democracy, but if you behave, we will give you opportunities to get wealthy...