Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...take control of the debate, narrow his options and make confirmation more difficult." Bush was on Air Force One, preparing to head back to Washington after a few days of politics and fishing out west, when he got the news that Brennan was stepping down. After calling Brennan to accept his resignation, Bush was on the phone again with Sununu, arranging to round up other senior advisers for a White House meeting at 8 a.m. the next...
...English and math workshops and SAT reviews during the regular school year. Parents must promise to participate in quarterly discussions of topics ranging from high school-course selection to college financial aid. "This is a student and parent program," says Tapia. "I make it clear that I won't accept a child whose parent doesn't consent to being involved...
...ever vocal Anglican left too appears ready to accept the new Archbishop. After all, Carey has raised $900,000 in his diocese for inner-city aid and has written, "I have never found it easy to believe in God." Moreover, Carey strongly supports priesthood for women; he has even asked priests in Bath and Wells to consider resigning if they oppose women's ordination. His appointment, in fact, is read as a signal that church leaders and Thatcher's Tory government assume that women priests will get the go-ahead during the new Archbishop's reign. On the other hand...
...president, in blocking virtually all commerce with Iraq, denounced its "naked aggression" against a small neighbor. Some members of Congress compared Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to Hitler and said they believed the American people would accept higher fuel prices resulting from an attempt to strangle Iraq economically...
...excellent motive both for killing her and for making sure Sabich, Carolyn's sometime lover, is accused of the crime. Sabich is like the traditional Hitchcock hero: not guilty of the crime he is accused of but guilty of other moral malfeasance. But it is hard to accept the possibility that the real perpetrator would leave his escape from the trap entirely to chance...