Word: acceptibility
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...source of bitter communal strife--think of Ireland and the Balkans. Bush is prepared to use force to advance his political goals. But after the carnage of what might be called the long European war from 1914 to 1989, some Europeans--particularly older ones, in my experience--just cannot accept the idea that any war can be a good...
...join the European Union. Although its populace bitterly opposed the war in Iraq and its Parliament refused to let the U.S. deploy soldiers from Turkish soil, the government has been mending ties with the U.S., even offering to send peacekeepers to Baghdad (which the Iraqi Governing Council refused to accept...
...legislators adopted a compromise civil-union law. But the Massachusetts court, which gave state legislators six months to implement its ruling, does not appear to have provided any wiggle room. State attorney general Tom Reilly, a Democrat who may run for Governor in 2006, is hoping the court will accept some kind of civil-union legislation. "This ruling is just not clear [on what kind of remedy it requires]," he says. Maybe. It was a narrow ruling, so the legislature might craft a solution so nuanced that it lures one of the four majority judges to the other side. Most...
...worsening turmoil in Iraq after so many friends of the U.S. sent warnings about what lay ahead. No amount of advice would sway the Administration's headlong gallop to war. Perhaps now there will be a more reflective process for creating foreign policy. The U.S. must accept that its system is not the only form of humane and caring government and that some people conditioned by centuries of culture want other solutions. MARCUS KNEEN Zesfontein, South Africa...
...also report an increase in forgeries from Lithuania, Italy and Turkey (mainly coins). Some 7,500 cases are awaiting trial in Bavaria alone. Police say that the most commonly faked euro bills - 50s, 20s, 100s and 200s, in that order - could become so widespread that vendors will refuse to accept them. Seven years ago, the U.S. Treasury was compelled to release redesigned $100 bills after an uncontrollable rise in the number of bad notes in circulation. Already, Greek kiosk owners in Thessaloniki, not far from the borders of Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia, are buying up large quantities of special...