Word: accept
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...going to choose the lesser of two evils. I'm going to choose what my conscience tells me to do. The right thing to do. And pray that by the next election others will accept my philosophy and see that the two political systems of today just don't have the answers--they don't have the absolutes that I think we need to rebuild this broken foundation...
...Moral Majority accept the liberal doctrine of toleration? Didn't Christ preach toleration? He sighs; you have "intellectualized" and "interpreted" the Bible again. "I cannot be tolerant and be a Christian too. Jesus pointed to the religious leaders of his day and said, 'You're a bunch of snakes and a bunch of hypocrites and whited sepulchres.' And that's the kind of religious leaders I have here in Medford. They will not take a position on these things. They're a bunch of crowd-pleasing, pink-laced, lily-livered do-gooders, and they've gotten that example from government...
...optimist who refuses to accept as inevitable the decline either of U.S. influence abroad or of traditional American virtues and values at home...
...offer of a direct meeting, Raja'i told a New York press conference that the U.S. now appeared "ready to cooperate" on resolving the issue. He later said he expected the Majlis to agree that Khomeini's four demands were sufficient and was "certain" that Washington would accept them. Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani fueled hopes by predicting the speedy liberation of the hostages and minimizing the possibility that any would be tried as spies. Hojatolislam Ashgar Mousavi Khoeiny, a member of the parliamentary committee set up to propose conditions for the hostages' release, said...
...their yearning for stability, most South Koreans seem ready to accept Chun's ruthless purge of his enemies and his jailing of student leaders. Meanwhile, Chun will continue to push his popular reforms: crackdown on government corruption, reorganization of lagging industries, encouragement of foreign investment...