Word: acceptibility
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...Senator, I've offered my resignation to the President twice, and he has decided that he would prefer that he not accept it, and that's his call." DONALD RUMSFELD, U.S. Secretary of Defense, responding to Senator Edward Kennedy's call for his resignation...
...France invaded Egypt but then had to stand down in the face of opposition from the U.S. With the possible exception of the Falklands war, no major foreign military expedition has been launched by the European countries. They have tended to opt out of first-rank international leadership, accept their demotion to medium-size power status and grudgingly leave responsibility for their defense to the U.S. This sometimes comfortable, sometimes melancholy provincialization of Western Europe has led to a softness on terrorism and reluctance to take action...
...Second Mortgage Crank, in which the buyer of a $100,000 house persuades the seller to take out a new bank mortgage of $75,000. The no-money-down buyer then assumes that mortgage and gives the seller an installment IOU for the remaining $25,000. Persuading sellers to accept this kind of deal is not easy, since many of them would be hesitant to extend so much credit...
...Gorbachev had proposed, earlier this year, that both sides agree to abide by the ABM treaty for up to 20 more years, in the hope of curtailing the development of a Star Wars system. In the past few months, he had hinted that the Soviets would be willing to accept an extension of 15 years, or even less. Reagan had offered a plan that would prohibit deployment of SDI for 7½ years. In Iceland both sides tentatively accepted a ten-year extension of the ABM treaty...
...being hardworking and eager to learn but noted that some ingrained attitudes needed changing. Said Motoyama: "The Americans don't seem to be very good at deciding things in groups. Each individual has a very strong opinion of his own. They have to learn to step back and accept other ideas...