Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would root out those people who abuse the present system. However, I am convinced that the loss in freedom under the Core Curriculum to the majority of students who use the present system properly would far outweigh the gain made for a few other students who would only begrudgingly accept...
...peoplehood (am) of the Jews is a congenital condition I accept, along with a share in their fate. At the same time, I refuse to be burdened by such supernatural anachronisms as God, the Covenant. Divine Revelation, the Chosen People, the Messiah (what a mischievous and tragic notion!), etc.-although I know and respect the ethical content of the Jewish view of these ideas. It is enough that I am and my people are. To the orthodox, metadox and paradox Jews, the polydox are a welcome new strain...
What most seriously divides the two sides is the issue of Palestinian self-determination. Sadat wants the Israelis to accept the "Aswan summit language" favored by Sadat and Carter at their January meeting: a declaration by both sides that the Palestinians should be allowed to participate in determining their own future, and that the Palestinian problem must be solved "in all its aspects." Begin has budged slightly from his previous position, but still wants to restrict Palestinian participation to those living in the West Bank and Gaza. Sadat insists on including those in the diaspora; otherwise, he argues, the problem...
...third if the matter is settled before trial, perhaps 40% if a costly, risky, laborious trial is actually necessary. This creates a potential divergence of interest between lawyer and client. Since the potential additional reward for trial work may not be worthwhile, many attorneys encourage their clients to accept even an unreasonably low offer from an insurer...
...client's expectations, so that he, the client, will be pleased with whatever settlement he eventually gets. Lawyers who do a high-volume business in personal-injury cases are sometimes reluctant to go to trial (too time consuming) and will cool a client out by persuading him to accept a lower settlement than might be attainable in a jury trial...