Word: acceptant
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...diversity of views that have so enriched humanity. For example, animal-science professor Temple Grandin, who wrote about her own autism, thought in a different, visual way and solved a livestock design problem. Perhaps we should not look to cure these children but help them with their problems and accept that their view of things may be just as right as ours. ANISH JAIN Bridgewater...
...Mazar to a 600-man police force composed of troops from all five factions in the city - Jamiat, Jombesh and three smaller Shi'ite groups. But the peace is an uncertain and provisional one. Notes a foreign military observer, speaking of Dostum and Atta: "These two will not accept sharing power. One will always want more than the other or think he's being cheated by the other." A local Shi'ite leader remarks, "The only way to solve this business is for both of them to leave the country...
...plane flies low overhead we are now compelled to wonder if we’re watching the tool of imminent history fly by, while last August we might not have even noticed it. Like changing styles, thoughts that were paranoid last summer are today pragmatic and we quietly accept the fact that there is more terror in our country’s future. Uncertainty now occupies a permanent place in American life; fear has tacitly woven itself into the fabric of our daily routines...
...reach adequate conclusions in many cases and should advise rape victims of the advantages of the criminal courts, the choice of which process to pursue must remain in the hands of sexual assault victims themselves. When they choose to pursue cases in the criminal courts, the College should accept that decision and discipline convicted rapists. Sexual assault victims should not, however, be forced to wait, often for years, for the criminal courts to issue a verdict before they can live safely in their dorms. The College must provide a trained, competent disciplinary board with the power to remove rapists from...
...fate of Palestinian reform depends on three factors: Arafat's willingness to relinquish his almost monarchical grip on Palestinian institutions and accept constitutional limits on his role; Israel's willingness to end its de-facto reoccupation of PA territory in the West Bank; and the willingness of the international community to apply pressure in pursuit of the first...