Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...group's behalf. "The Watergate jury panel," she wrote, "wishes to let you know that while they would of course enjoy spending Christmas at home, it is not an overriding concern among them ... should the trial extend through the holidays and beyond, they are quite prepared to accept that fact." Said a beaming Sirica after reading the note aloud in court: "Didn't I tell you to never underestimate the intelligence of a jury...
Liberal Jewish scholars tend to take Bible criticism for granted, but they no longer accept it as unquestioningly as they once did. Says Rabbi Eugene Borowitz of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan: "The scientists are no longer the bishops. Reform scholars can now relax and show their true affinity to the Bible...
...fact that biblical critics pick and choose among the supernatural events they accept baffled the late Anglican novelist-critic C.S. Lewis. He wondered at the selective theology of the Christian exegete who, "after swallowing the camel of the Resurrection, strains at such gnats as the feeding of the multitudes." These critics would be apt to seek a naturalistic explanation for Jesus' multiplication of loaves and fishes?for instance, that he inspired the crowd to share food they had hidden for themselves...
...middle course will affect more than the American pocketbook. If land is going to be used more wisely-a top environmental priority-the landowner will have to give up some of his traditional freedom to decide what to do with his property. Similarly, citizens who want more energy must accept oil spills, strip mining and other environmental problems that even expensive technology cannot completely control. Ford writes that the environmental movement has "matured" enough to go along with these compromises. Whether that will prove to be the case depends in large part on the President's ability to steer...
...shaping up, the state will bor row more heavily from Washington than Oregon (but will nonetheless ban pull-tabs on cans as a safety hazard). Though industry opposition is expected, a state-sponsored study strongly suggests that most Californians-and probably most other Americans as well-are ready to accept curbs on the throw-away habit that blights the land...