Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...limited. The U.S. initially wanted to apply curbs only to missiles with a range of more than 932 miles, while the Soviets proposed 186 miles. In the end, the U.S. adopted a Soviet offer to set the range at 372 miles. At the same time, Moscow agreed to accept U.S. rules for counting the number of ALCMs each side deployed...
Under the circumstances, Gorbachev's flashes of frustration as he stalked the Kremlin anterooms in the glare of TV lights were understandable. "In politics," he grumbled, "the public doesn't accept pluralism. Perestroika depends on public opinion, and it is conservative." But Gorbachev's candidate for the presidency of the Russian federation, Alexander Vlasov, a nonvoting member of the Politburo and prime minister of the federation, hardly seems the < stirring leader needed to carry out his boss's vision. When Vlasov delivered an hour-long report last week, it was so plodding that not even Gorbachev seemed to be listening...
...Riga that same day, Russian military officers and cadets in civilian clothes marched in front of the Latvian parliament. President Anatolijs Gorbunovs agreed to accept a petition from the Russians and to set up a commission to deal with their grievances. Most Baltic nationalists assume, however, that the demonstrators' real intention is to maintain Moscow's control rather than protect the rights of ethnic Russians...
...Robert J. Kiely, chair of the English Department, on the decision by three scholars to accept tenured positions in the department...
Although colleges may not like the new regulations, observers say the schools must learn to accept the added scrutiny, given the financial support universities receive from Washington...