Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...soon as Bok announced his resignation, self-annointed Harvard pundits were immediately predicting the ascension of Henry Rosovsky, who is former Dean of the Faculty and member of both the Corporation and the Corporation/search committee. But Roso fans were shocked and disappointed when King Henry said he would not accept the presidency in a Shermanesque announcement...
Steiner said the University has not yet signed the pledge, but he said that Harvard--which receives $200,000 annually from the NEA--would not rule that possibility out. Similarly, officials at the American Repertory Theatre said that the theatre will not decide whether to accept or reject about $18,000 worth of funds until "the very last minute...
...sending out such contradictory messages, Saddam must reckon that some of his opponents might be more willing to accept peace on his terms than others would be. And as the crisis moves into a period of stalemate, Washington faces real difficulties holding the united front together. For the first time, Moscow openly criticized the American military effort in the gulf. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Belonogov disavowed the U.S. decision to send in troops and questioned whether they would ever leave the area...
...harder still. Herbicides kill too indiscriminately, and bringing in new exotic species to control the old is demonstrably dangerous. Rangers often have to resort to chopping down or uprooting invading plants one by one, a holding action at best. In the end, park officials -- and visitors -- will have to accept that the nation's wild lands will never return to their original state. The best that can be done is to work hard to keep new exotic threats from following on the heels...
...generation of advanced Stealth fighters, the Army for a new breed of 80-ton tanks so massive they could not be driven across bridges even in Europe, the Navy for faster, quieter nuclear submarines and a fleet of destroyers costing $1 billion apiece. If they could bring themselves to accept modernized follow-on generations of the highly capable weapons already in the inventory, the services could acquire more of them faster and more cheaply...