Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When Earth Day committees accept money made at the expense of us all, they improve the public images of companies that do not uphold the environmental responsibility that Earth Day preaches...
SELLING out on environmental issues means settling for compromises that we can't afford to accept. Last year students in Dunster House tried to persuade dining hall administrators to stop using disposable plastic plates and dishes at breakfast. Lunch and dinner at Dunster are served on reusable plates, we argued. Why can't breakfast...
...destruction of Drexel at some point became inevitable. I'll accept the responsibility, and if I knew we had done things that were wrong, I would accept blame. What happened was a confluence of events, starting with the federal investigation ((of Drexel's junk-bond department)) and hitting a climax when the firm was forced to plead guilty and pay what we thought were unnecessarily high penalties (($650 million)). Congress then changed the rules by requiring savings and loans to sell their high-yield bonds, and the market for those securities fell. Then Drexel faced yet another rule change, when...
...this time the former President was standing on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean in California's Ventura County. And he seemed pleased to accept the gift of the graffiti-splotched memento from East Germany's Berlin Wall Commemorative Group. The concrete block will greet visitors to the Reagan presidential library at the pleasant site 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The facility is scheduled for completion early...
...Bellotti campaign commercial describes how Bellotti "stood up" to the teachers union by endorsing competency tests and longer school days. The advertisement says Bellotti believes "teachers deserve more money but must also accept more accountability...