Word: acceptibility
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...Chinese have long had to accept that the courts offered little recourse from flawed decisions. But economic development is bringing pressure for change. The country's emerging urban élite now see protecting their individual rights as a No. 1 priority. "The rising middle class likes predictability and security, and that's what the law does," says Nicholas Bequelin of Human Rights Watch, adding that the Communist Party recognizes that its future hangs on being able to accommodate such demands. "The Party is highly adaptable so long as nothing threatens their basic control...
...demand governmental accountability. He fought to allow all Americans to see exactly how their money is being spent, and demanded that senators no longer be able to request legislative earmarks anonymously. He worked with Senator Russ Feingold to implement common-sense ethics reforms, preventing members of Congress from accepting gifts from lobbyists and restricting the revolving door between lobbying firms and Capitol Hill. And that commitment has extended to the campaign trail, where he does not accept any campaign contributions from lobbyists or interest groups...
...Nobody here will ask you your religion, or where you come from," he adds. "They just accept...
...among the world's "remaining autocracies," even though the country holds elections. The people of Iran elected its current President and will do so again. Although candidates are screened by an unaccountable group of religious �lites, Iran is a far cry from many other countries. Would we necessarily accept the results if Egyptians or Pakistanis were granted a genuine vote...
...Anthony is about as close to a district-wide candidate as Cambridge could produce,” said Winters, who is also a Harvard Extension School instructor. “The more left-leaning people of Cambridge have come to accept him...[and he] probably wouldn’t cause other candidates to pop up as strongly as some others outside of Cambridge [would]—places like Everett, they’d say ‘Oh, Anthony Galluccio, we know him, we can live with this...