Word: rejecting
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...university is the first elite academic institution in the country to reject divestment, and the only institution to justify their complicity in genocide in moral terms,” Michael Pareles, STAND co-chair said. “Four hundred thousand people have died in the genocide in Darfur, but the University of Chicago Board of Trustees does not find that exceptional enough to change its investment policies...
...These detractors cite the breakdown, several years ago, of the “Agreed Framework”—a plan for eventual reconciliation brokered by the United States and North Korea in 1994—as evidence that the current arrangement is doomed to failure. We unequivocally reject this overly pessimistic position...
...Yubari government, couldn't stand Koizumi, but says that at least with him, "we knew where we were headed. With Abe you can't understand what his intentions are." At the same time, Koizumi's most ardent fans-especially the young, unaffiliated voters he lured back into politics-reject Abe as a conservative relic. "His popularity has fallen because he's not perceived as being radical enough," says Robert Feldman, chief Japan economist for Morgan Stanley. Feldman argues that Abe has actually been a much more aggressive reformer than he has been given credit for, citing the PM's willingness...
...currently perceived. “I suspect many possible candidates might have declined because there’s a certain amount of anti-Harvard sentiment out there, even in universities where they should know better,” he said. But it is a claim that many professors reject. History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74 calls the view that his colleagues cannot be led “idiotic,” although he concedes, “it is out there.” Ryan blames the disappearance of strong outside candidates on loose lips...
...signed in Mecca between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party and Khaled Meshal of Hamas, falls far short of the principles of the international mediating group known as the Quartet, composed of the U.S., United Nations, European Union and Russia, that a unity government must recognize Israel, reject violence and commit itself to the peace process. The Mecca talks, convened by Saudi King Abdullah, resulted in a Hamas pledge to "respect" previous Palestinian agreements to engage in peace talks with Israel. But Hamas leaders pointedly did not embrace Quartet demands that they concede Israel's right to exist...