Word: acceptibility
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...expected to be the starting point for reform discussions. A member of the commission, Robert Pozen, CEO of mutual-fund firm MFS Investment Management, says he believes future benefits must be cut to fix the system. He endorses personal savings accounts as "the sugar to get people to accept some slowdown in the growth of benefits." So far, advocates of reform have promised that people near or at retirement age will not be affected by personal savings accounts. Whether the program will be voluntary for others is open to debate...
...hall requires for inductees, but Bono admits he can't wait to join his idols the Beatles and Bob Marley. Clayton and Mullen Jr., naturally, have a different take. "I suppose if people want to shower you with honors, the only reasonable thing to do is accept them," says Clayton. "But it does feel premature," says Mullen Jr. "We're trying to stay focused on the big prize." Someone...
...world she is doing. Getting dressed, she says, but hiding the "wobbly bits." He firmly states his adoration of them, and her delighted grin seals a basic bargain with the audience. We all have our wobbly bits. And we all desperately hope our lovers and friends will accept them...
...live, not because of the red or blue color on the electoral map but because of the narrowness of the residents' minds and the darkness of their hearts. Might we not be better off as two separate nations than as one in which half of us are forced to accept the will of the other half? LARRY HERBST Pasadena, Calif...
It is very sad that people in this day and age of scientific discovery still cling to old superstitions. If we would accept that this is the only life we have and stop yearning for a nonexistent afterlife, maybe humanity would make the world of today a better place.WILLIAM MCWHINNEY Coral Springs...