Word: acceptibility
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...this is problematic not simply for our democratic participation but also for our pretensions of empiricism, for our ability to distinguish facts. Our digest-happy modern world has taught us to accept news, facts and truth abstracted and condensed to such a level that nothing but opinion remains...
...money affect how citizens vote? From living in California's 27th and from examining how the money is actually spent: not much. The more important question in this particular election is how contributed money will affect the way the winner votes once in office. Because of the need to accept money from special interests to stay competitive with the other guy, whoever wins will be even more beholden to special interests when he takes office...
...major thing that has changed is that everyone recognizes the importance of paying really close attention to each other. If someone seems distraught, we no longer accept that as a 'normal' thing that happens in everyone's scientific career," Verdine says...
...hint of racism: "There was no evidence other than one girl's statement." The local sorority chapter agreed last month to offer racial sensitivity training to its members in exchange for not being disciplined by the university. The sorority still has no black members and is not required to accept any. Out of about 1,000 applicants this year, Barge says, the freshman was the only black. Because the sorority uses campus facilities, it is subject to the federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in higher education. But disciplinary action can be taken only if the sorority is proven...
...group has provided more than 2,300 internships since its inception in 1980. Seventy-five percent of those interns have gone on to accept full-time positions in the fields where they worked, says Assistant Director of the SEO Career Program Recy B. Dunn...