Word: acception
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...Regretfully, we write to inform you that we are unable to accept you...." For most of us, as we contemplate the dismal job market ahead, this phrase is a nightmare. Unfortunately, even for Harvard Law students, it's apparently becoming a reality...
...path to enactment, as it is envisioned now, requires two steps. First, the House would pass the exact bill that cleared the Senate on Christmas Eve - even though it is loaded with provisions that many in the House say they would not accept in a final product. Next, the two chambers would fine-tune that bill with a set of compromises that they would pass under a filibuster-proof procedure known as budget reconciliation, which requires only 51 votes to clear the Senate...
...measure in November, a death, several retirements and the defection of the bill's lone GOP supporter have cut her five-vote margin to zero. She's facing revolts in her caucus on a number of fronts; dozens of Democrats, for instance, have given notice that they will not accept the Senate's more liberal language on abortion coverage - something that cannot be fixed through reconciliation...
Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley said last week that Lowell House’s agreement to accept a floor of DeWolfe overflow housing will help enable Kirkland to withdraw from the former apartment building...
...still a beloved character, but ever since “Die Hard,” Willis has been shooting for and failing to reach that first high. In “Cop Out,” his utter irrelevamcy as an actor is made explictly clear and he should accept that before he unleashes...