Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...brought up his opponent's shadyfinancial dealings in Hawaii, Vermont andMassachusetts. And he has disclosed that Rappaporthas taken PAC money from the gun lobby (Kerry isone of three senators who refuse to accept PACdonations...
Initially, Frolov offered to resign. But after the Central Committee insisted that he stay put, he went on the offensive. Last week he announced a new and more autonomous Pravda, one that will be independently managed, will accept advertising from foreign firms and will strive harder to woo back readers. Although the paper will retain "deep ideological ties" with the party, it will be run by an independent association that will not only publish Pravda (the name means truth) and its Sunday supplement but will also develop a television program, an international edition and a string of advertising supplements...
...mayor hopes the move will improve the city's financial situation by saving more than $4 million this year and that its symbolism will help New Yorkers accept cuts in city services. "We have no choice but to make our local government fit the size of our local economy," he said. "We must all bear our share of the pain." Local Teamsters president Barry Feinstein suspects less noble motives. He says the mayor, facing delicate contract talks with his organization and another major municipal labor union, is simply trying "to make a case that there is no money available...
None of that, however, softened Shamir's defiance. He managed to widen the U.S.-Israeli rift by shrugging off a personal letter from President Bush asking him to accept a U.N. investigation of the Temple Mount riot, in which Israeli police killed 20 Palestinians. Bush advised Shamir to get out of the headlines and let the spotlight return to Iraq. When Shamir refused to budge, the U.S. supported a unanimous Security Council resolution "deploring" Israel's intransigence, the second U.N. condemnation of Israel in just 12 days. Keeping up his barrage of harsh talk, Secretary of State James Baker called...
None of the winners has decided yet to accept advanced standing. Yilmaz, who took 13 tests, said that she didn't even go to the meetings for eligible students. "I'm not taking sophomore standing," she said. "I don't want to rush through college...