Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...prevalence of violence against women is not an easy thing to accept. Nor is it easy to see the connections between the way we think, the things we say and the things that happen. But these are intimately connected...
...change the behavior of the government of Iraq," the answer is no. The embargo is causing hardship all right, but the deprivation is probably not severe enough to force Iraq to pull out of Kuwait, at least not within any time frame that the Bush Administration could accept...
...that is a frightening scenario for Western Europe, it is a terrifying one for the East European countries. So terrifying, in fact, that some may accept half-measures and muddling through rather than take the risks involved in marching toward the goals about which they were so enthusiastic a year ago. If last year's question was "What price freedom?" next year's may be "Can we afford...
Last week the cartel said hundreds of its members might actually surrender and accept a government offer not to extradite them to the U.S. if authorities came up with additional guarantees. The administration of President Cesar Gaviria Trujillo expressed interest in the latest message. Government pressure on the cartel's cocaine-refining labs has reduced output 15% to 25% from a year ago, forcing the drug empire to move some refineries to Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. Still, more than 700 tons of refined cocaine flow out of Colombia annually...
...less concerned with providing treatment for addicts. His special drug and crime policy office was slow to fund programs. Promising experiments like Miami's 17-month-old drug court, which has had success in keeping first-time drug offenders out of further trouble by forcing them to accept treatment, got no financial help from the state. Even the Governor's office finds it hard to point to progress in Florida's effort to curb drug...