Word: acceptibility
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...Denver and used for marital counseling in churches and in the military. They watch videos of fighting couples and discuss how conflicts can spiral out of control. They learn tidy formulas for success and failure in love: the three characteristics of successful couples (one is a man who can accept influence from a woman), the four behaviors that spell doom (constant criticism is a biggie). Each time Pearson rattles off a list of rules, her students start furiously taking notes, not because they'll be tested--they won't--but because they're truly dying to know...
...courts have been called to account. Corruption trials sometimes take 10-20 years to complete; the conviction rate for graft is just 6%. "There has to be some retribution," says Tehelka.com's Tejpal. "Otherwise we have no system." To some, the system is already down. "We've come to accept that for the time being, there's no way out," says anticorruption campaigner Singh. "We're into the abyss and we're only going to sink further...
...economics major, Payne would like to pursue a consulting job and may accept an offer made by Trinity Partners in Waltham. But he and his wife are also considering moving back to Arizona—to avoid Massachusetts’ winters, if nothing else...
...Whatever its motivation for so doing, Yale places a priority on supporting its college system, and social life more broadly, and students are better off because of it. Harvard, on the other hand, seems all too aware of just how many quality of life sacrifices students are willing to accept in order to get their Harvard diploma...
...those expectations add a lot of pressure onto Welch’s shoulders, something he struggled to accept at first...