Word: acceptibility
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...price was set a month ago will not be in the same state of panic as they were this past weekend. More likely, however, Friday's "bloodbath" was the first signal that the economic boom we've experienced will begin to reverse itself somewhat--and that we need to accept the fact that even the roads in cyberspace aren't paved with gold...
...majority of Massachusetts parents have continued to accept this abominable test. Over the years they have grown used to the idea that our schools are failing and that the only way to fix the problem is to turn them into test-taking boot camps. Hopefully sooner or later, they will come to their senses, start listening to students like those in Arlington, and form a collective voice strong enough to bring down the MCAS...
Personally, I know a janitor who makes less than $10 per hour and who is struggling to pay for his wife's cancer treatment. I also know subcontracted security guards who are eligible for some benefits, but cannot accept them because they realize that when they cost the subcontracting company $9 to $9.50 per hour, they lose their jobs. Interestingly, administrators typically argue against a living wage by claiming that wage standards ignore benefits which workers receive. Perhaps most disturbingly, the workers facing these intolerable circumstances are disproportionately immigrants and people of color--people whom Harvard administrators evidently consider...
...many states, judges in Texas are elected. In fact, Texas is one of only seven states where judges declare a party affiliation, and judges in Texas may accept limited contributions to their campaigns. Curiously, however, Texas specifically allows its judges to solicit and receive campaign contributions from lawyers and parties in cases currently appearing before them. And according to a recently filed federal lawsuit by the consumer-advocacy group Public Citizen, Texas law has no requirement that judges recuse themselves when faced with such obvious conflicts of interest...
...Sandrine Bonnaire successfully portrays the anguish of a woman trapped in a world she cannot accept. We sympathize, but can't help feeling she is responsible for her misfortunes. Marie stubbornly refuses to understand there is no easy solution to her predicament; the Soviet authorities will not permit her to return to France. Ultimately, the fault lies with Wargnier. He has created a character of heroic proportions, a woman who endures unimaginable hardships, years of exile in a forced labor camp, to escape Soviet Russia. In the process, he has deprived his protagonist of a more human face...