Word: accepting
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...woman, I am prohibited from ever becoming a member of any of the final clubs-from ever holding the same status as men in Harvard's social scene. As private clubs, these traditional establishments have every right to use their own processes for winnowing the number of members they accept. But, on a campus that preaches and for the most part practices equality, they cannot be permitted to bar almost half of Harvard's students from applying for membership in the first place...
...exclusion of women is, in this context, immoral and unacceptable. Many women say they would never want to join a final club. Instead, they simply want the clubs abolished--a natural reaction by those who are barred. Many others, especially members of the final clubs, simply accept the clubs' exclusionary system with little question...
...Friday, Washington had summarily dismissed a Milosevic feeler. In an interview with United Press International, the Yugoslav President, while insisting he would "never surrender" to allied demands for a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, set forth terms for ending the conflict, including his willingness to accept lightly armed U.N. monitors. But he would not abide a military peacekeeping force made up of his country's attackers, even if holding out means more air strikes. "One day [of bombing] is too much," Milosevic said. "But what choice do we have if NATO insists on occupying Yugoslavia? To that we will...
...said a key factor in his decision to accept the position--and one that continues to influence black and minority candidates--is the presence of other such faculty members at the school...
...said a key factor in his decision to accept the position--and one that continues to influence black and minority candidates--is the presence of other such faculty members at the school...