Word: acceptant
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...fear his appointment would threaten existing abortion and civil rights laws: "I know the difference between enacting and enforcing the law. I know the post of attorney general means advancing the national interest and not advancing my own interest... While I believe Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, I accept Roe as the settled law of the land, and I will enforce that...
...major star. They are also welcome proof that although the group may have lost members, it hasn't lost its way. "It is definitely tough," says Beyonce, 19. "A lot of people don't have any concept of how many sacrifices we have to make. You have to accept it, because if you don't, you won't last...
...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is best. But not for the reasons he suggests—that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxical your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like...
Education in this country must become a major national priority, and not something we just pay lip service to. That means the federal government must accept its responsibility to adequately fund it. Currently, we are providing only $13 billion a year on aid to post-secondary students and contribute less than fifteen percent of the operating costs of our nation's colleges and universities. If we can afford to give the Pentagon a $22 billion increase in its budget-as we did this year--surely we can afford to increase student aid for higher education by $13 billion...
...usually a sign that something is wrong--though it's not always clear just what the problem is. Doctors can't measure pain objectively the way they can blood pressure or cholesterol levels. So when pain doesn't immediately respond to treatment, physicians and patients often--too often--accept it as just another symptom that has to be lived with...