Word: accepter
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...telling them his position hasn't changed. But what is his position? "I'm really not trying to be coy here," he said when asked by the Chicago Tribune last December. "I'm not going to speculate." This is not exactly General William Tecumseh Sherman saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." Close friends of Obama's say he really doesn't know yet what he's going to do in 2008. It would be nice if we statesmen of the media gave him the room to think it through-but, of course...
...positions. We were, quite frankly, surprised, but gratified by this overwhelming response. Almost 30 members of the SAB had already stated their interest in being Fellows next year. Since those students had already gone through an application process and we had come to know them quite well, they were accepted without an application. We also accepted several other students based on their applications and/or on recommendations by members of the faculty, administrators, and the SAB, as well as the applicants’ references. We then interviewed several hundred students. The applications this year were superb; I wish we could appoint...
...much to the Tower of Babel, where man's ambition was confounded by an angry God, throwing humanity into a babble of different languages and customs. It's more like the story of Job, who has to keep fighting and trusting as the calamities accumulate. Can't you accept that a movie can work as a parable, not just as a slice of realistic life...
...dismiss Gray’s work with various po-mo epithets and move on. However, his writing has been critically lauded. “Lanark” is one of Gray’s most famous—and best—works to date. Dedicated readers who accept the novel’s quirks can expect swift and generous returns from the skilled hand of a unique and powerful writer...
...group of highly dedicated student activists. A loose coalition of campus politicos, including officers of (but not representing) the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club, as well as a few UC leaders and a few bloggers, successfully led the charge in petitioning UC representatives to accept the “2x2” plan. Only through activists’ zealous blogging, posting on house e-mail lists, and contacting UC members were representatives eventually persuaded to vote “yea.” Such actions by members of the student body—including those who furthered...