Word: acceptant
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...from abroad were indeed restricted, but members of the Japanese Elite were still better informed about the outside world than their more complacent counterparts in China. Unlike the mandarins in Beijing, Japanese officials, including the shoguns, almost never assumed that Japan was the center of the world. They could accept Western science, geography and medicine, if it made sense, without feeling that their culture would be fatally undermined. That is the intellectual advantage of being on the periphery...
...often has been tied to projects that go to big Japanese construction companies - the right hand paying the left. Still, says Lu Guangye, a senior research fellow with the China Institute for International Strategic Studies: "Japan cannot think that by offering us economic incentives it will make us accept its historical distortions of what it did during World War II. We will never forget...
Liem says he understands the difficulties in finding a professor of color to accept the position, but he said he believes that the University could exert more of an effort...
Lewis responded by recounting the difficulty of finding a qualified professor of color to accept the position, claiming that "members of under-represented groups are particularly overburdened by other demands on their time...
...this true? Is it possible to turn an ordinary kid into an exceptional kid? Even if it is, is it worth it to try? Is it better to steer children gently through childhood, letting them make some mistakes and take some scrapes and accept the fact that some of them may not be marked for excellence? Or is it better to strive for a family of superkids, knowing that they are getting the most out of their potential if not out of their youth? Clearly, many parents are caught up in that quest, even if they quietly harbor doubts about...