Word: acceptant
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...Change is usually pretty good and everybody needs to accept that,” she says. “The talk in the parking lot is, ‘Is Harvard going to buy us? Then get them to fix the dumpster problem.’ I think there’s a sense Harvard could make things better...
...Watson was elated. Wilkins' image suggested that DNA had a regular crystalline structure. By figuring out what that structure is, moreover, one might be in a better position to understand how genes work. Here was someone who appreciated what Watson already believed but which many scientists didn't yet accept: that the genetic code was somehow tied up in the physical structure of DNA. He realized he needed to understand X-ray diffraction and wanted to join Wilkins in London but never got an opportunity to ask him. So Watson wangled the next best position--a fellowship at the Cavendish...
...parking policy: no new garages can be built without first eliminating parking somewhere else in the city. Over the years, several other countries (including the Netherlands and Sweden) have got tantalizingly close to congestion charging, only to abandon the idea when public antagonism became too terrifying. People will accept paying higher charges for daytime phone calls or primetime movies, but they recoil at paying for roads they thought of as free. Of course, if Livingstone's plan fails, it will be another generation before congestion charging is tried again in Europe. So it's too bad that London...
...government treasury in the black, Bush's budget proposal predicts deficits of more than $300 billion through 2004 - and doesn't envision a new surplus in any year before a second Bush term would end. Bush claims he made it clear in the 2000 campaign that he would accept deficits in times of war, recession or national emergency, though White House staffers have failed to find an instance when he actually said that. In any case, says Mitch Daniels, Bush's budget director, "a balanced budget is a high priority for this administration...
...ready to compete with those recruited players, and [I was] confident I could make the team,” McKiernan said. “If they turned out to play harder and better, then I’d totally accept that. I guess I’m stuck with this feeling of a lack of closure...