Word: accepting
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When I was laughed out of Citibank with my jar a few years ago, I was told to roll my pennies and write my name and 14-digit account number on every roll. Then the bank would accept them--for deposit only, the sum to be held against my account until the bank got around to its own count. The message seemed clear: even banks don't want pennies. By the way, that penny dish at many checkout points is a nice idea, but it doesn't help. I contribute often but rarely withdraw because I wither under the lethal...
When are we individuals going to take responsibility for the choices we make in life and accept the consequences of our actions? DONNA ODO Toronto...
...waits until the last minute is another matter, but that's the conceit director Garry Marshall obliges us to accept, and it's no more strained than the premise Roberts and Gere worked so successfully for him in Pretty Woman. They're all good at diversionary sleight-of-hand. Roberts' tentativeness is charming; she knows what she's doing, fights it, then succumbs with sad but perky resignation. Gere puts a nice flaky edge on his incisiveness. The supporting cast, led by Joan Cusack, surrounds them with funny common sense that doesn't fully assert itself until the happy...
...tribe's eldest. Her family nicknames include "Clean Kathleen," "the Nun" and "the Un-Kennedy." Says longtime friend Tim Hagen, a former local politician in Ohio whom she met while working for her uncle Ted's 1980 presidential campaign: "At times Kathleen is so resolute she does not accept the irreconcilable." Indeed, her staff says one of her favorite words is "unacceptable...
...peace process." Adding to Arafat's problems is that Palestinian concerns are of diminishing importance among Arab leaders, such as Syria's Hafez al-Assad, most of whom are eager to cement a long-term regional peace. That, and President Clinton?s coaxing, may eventually force Arafat to accept Barak?s terms. But it won?t placate the mounting impatience on the Palestinian streets...