Word: acceptability
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...last November Catholic bishops approved rites for Sunday worship that can be led by nonordained parish leaders in priestless congregations. To Schoenherr, a former priest, such measures are no more than stopgaps. As he sees it, the chief problem is celibacy. Eventually, he maintains, the church "will have to accept the ordination of married men in order to recruit and retain." But that is not likely to happen any time soon. Although a majority of American Catholics believe that priests ought to be allowed to marry, Pope John Paul II has repeatedly and adamantly reaffirmed the ancient requirement of celibacy...
...permanent cease- fire, which was followed two months later by the demobilization of the rebel forces, ending Nicaragua's 10-year civil war. But other aspects of reconciliation continue to elude her. She has not harmonized the competing interests of her supporters and detractors or brought Nicaraguans to accept the bitter pill of economic retrenchment. Perhaps most difficult of all, she has not persuaded extremists of either right or left to take the path of moderation, the only path that can pull Nicaragua out of its perennial misery...
Though a division into rival trading zones would pose a threat to future U.S. economic expansion, Bush implicitly seemed to accept Thatcher's analysis. He noted that the U.S. could no more dictate what West Germany does to help Moscow than Bonn, London or Paris could dictate Washington's policy in Latin America. "I don't feel that everybody has to march in lockstep," Bush said. "We're dealing with entirely different times...
...said South Korea would open its border at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone for five days as of Aug. 13 and "accept breathren from the North without restrictions...
Harvard can afford to join the chorus of voices in support of the new bill, thereby improving its odds of passage. As a percentage of its total budget, Harvard receives relatively little NEA money, so refusing to accept any grants would have little effect on the operations of the University...