Word: acceptant
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...Even if he were to receive and accept the Harvard post before the cases were finished, he has already laid the foundation for a successful defense," she says...
Ashcroft went to Bob Jones University to accept an honorary degree in 1999. Did he know about the school's ban on interracial dating? Does he really believe, as he said that day, that the school honors the principle that all men are created equal...
...appropriations bill. It was the first time Congress acted to make such restrictions law, not simply a ruling issued by the Executive Branch. Congress attached the bill as a rider to legislation authorizing payment of U.N. arrears. Much to the delight of anti-abortion activists, Clinton felt compelled to accept it. Just last October, the Clinton administration lifted the gag rule, which affects approximately 430 organizations in more than 50 nations. But in a tight presidential campaign with Senate Republicans hoping Bush would prevail, Congress attached a compromise to the ruling, effectively deferring family planning funds from flowing until February...
...leads of the speech had been telegraphed by Bush's staff earlier in the day, and did not surprise. Inclusiveness - "sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country. We do not accept this, and will not allow it" - and, of course, the campaign cornerstone, changing the tone in Washington. Bush adopted that new tone today...
...certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false," Clinton (Siewert) said. "I've apologized for my conduct and I've done my best to atone for it with my family, my administration and the American people. I have paid a high price for it, which I accept, because it caused so much pain to so many people...