Word: accept
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...speaker said she does not accept societal labels...
...vast majority of Catholics find exorcism to be a laughable remnant of the Middle Ages. While all religions have certain tenets that require deep faith to accept, exorcism is not one of them. Stop the silly stories of levitation and demonic powers. Mental illness and personality disorders are real and should be dealt with as serious medical conditions. GEORGE GENUNG St. Louis...
...phalanx of the nation's largest retailers--Wal-Mart, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and the Limited among them--are suing Visa and MasterCard, saying they too were overcharged. The merchants will argue before a federal judge in Brooklyn that they are forced to accept and pay an artificially high fee on debit-card sales. They hope to wring $8.1 billion from the defendants in this class action--a number that would triple, if they win, under federal antitrust...
...revenues of $2.63 billion last year--its share price had slumped because investors considered the company too small to offer "exciting double-digit growth," as Radcliffe explains. With a depressed stock price, the company found it hard to grow and make acquisitions. So in May the board agreed to accept management's bid of $4.28 a share, or 57% more than its market price. Radcliffe says the move "reinvigorated" his company, which is now investing in an e-commerce strategy to remain competitive...
Shareholders generally accept that going private is sometimes the only resort for companies, because many are in sectors that may never rebound. But some share prices are so depressed that even when premiums of 50% to 60% are paid to buy them out, the deals don't fully represent the companies' value...