Word: reject
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...that is the system. However cruel and arbitrary it might be, few Princeton men reject it. There has not been a major change in its structure since Ivy Club was founded in 1879. Once a sophomore has gone through Bicker, he settles down in his club and is very content and comfortable. The club stereotype seems to crystallize his personality. He may have come to Princeton vaguely thinking he was preppy, but when he made Ivy he was sure of it. Patterns form. The club man begins to think he cannot get along with anyone outside his circle of club...
Most CO's reject this interpretation. A sophomore CO pointed out that the Army Field Manual describes the primary duty of the medic as no different than any other soldier--to contribute to the victory of the command. "If I were a medic," he continued, "I'd feel obliged to aid the most seriously injured first, regardless of whether they were friend or enemy. The army doesn't allow that." Another CO said, "If I patch someone up just so he can go back and kill some more, I might as well do the killing myself...
...wait until the City is ready to introduce the idea. They will try to purchase the most desirable spots in the Square and, in some cases, begin to plan new buildings. The more of them there are, the more pressure will be put on the City Council to either reject urban renewal or reduce its scope. And even if a plan is eventually passed, it could be distorted when it is put into practice...
Participatory democracy means the equal right to make decisions affecting one's own life. In concrete terms it means that the Negro community will reject outside help unless specifically requested. Similarly, developing countries might decide to accept foreign aid or adopt Western institutions only when they wanted...
...Gordon does not discuss the problems of actually establishing his criterion of participatory democracy. For such a criterion to work in America or a developing country, potentially mobile individuals would have to reject assimilation into white middle-class culture or a Western-type elite in a country like Nigeria. Independence from larger society or other countries might requite considerable courage and deprivation. For the larger society may not grant the Negroes or Nigerians what they ask for, and these groups connot accept unsolicited...