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On the other hand, Greek society is exhausted by the huge sacrifices it has been forced to accept.
The alternative would be for UK exporters to accept the EU’s common external tariff, and for the UK to create its own import tariff, applied to all imports, including from the EU.
Because the state did not have enough funds to accept all 90,000 individuals who wanted to enroll, it conducted a lottery to select about 30,000 individuals who were given the opportunity to apply for Medicaid.
They were revolutionaries in their thinking and in their ability to inspire others to accept fundamental change.
In persuading other countries to accept its development lessons, China faces a difficult dilemma.
Relationships are built on trust, which is essential for ensuring that consumers accept information that challenges their closely held beliefs.
Indeed, the most curious aspect of the ECB’s position was its threat not to accept restructured government bonds as collateral if the ratings agencies decided that the restructuring should be classified as a credit event.
Europe is rich and rapidly aging;Europeans, cushioned by generous welfare programs, are no longer prepared to accept "dirty jobs" in, say, agriculture or the leather industry.
Nor, I think, do we have concerns about the scruples of the person selling the organ – after all, they are parting irreversibly with something that is dear to them for a price that few of us would accept.
Israel ’s fear that the failure of sanctions might bring the United States to accept coexistence with a nuclear-armed Iran in the way it did with the Soviet Union during the Cold War is not entirely unfounded.
But, since Khamenei cannot accept a single, united political faction, it is extremely unlikely that he will let the Larijani camp (which includes Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati) become powerful enough to win the next presidential election.
Moreover, because more people are evading taxes, tax administrations are under increasing pressure to become more lenient or to accept bribes.
In this context, the eurozone’s most heavily indebted countries will have to force their creditors to accept a restructuring of public debt.
They should also be offered the lifting of sanctions on Iraq provided that they - after getting rid of Saddam - accept the resumption of a UN inspection regime.
By revealing the messiness of the world that we have created – intentionally and unintentionally – it allows us to imagine how we can create that world anew, even as we accept that the future will remain open and uncertain.
But that is pretty close to what we still accept for most Internet searches.
That difference raises the question of whether it is worth striving for a United States of Europe – a concept that many refuse to accept, because they do not believe in the possibility of a unified European identity.
There can be no democratic transition if Islamic currents that reject violence and accept democracy's ground rules are not integrated into the public arena.
Just as Britain refused to concede naval supremacy to Germany a century ago, the US will not easily accept any Chinese challenge to its strategic position in the western Pacific, especially given that so many East Asian states are pleading for US protection.
While Japan has softened its position, and signaled that it may accept only a partial return of the islands, Russia has grown only more intransigent.
In return, the Protestant majority in the north accepted that republicans should not have to accept the symbols of a state to which they felt no loyalty.
The big question now is whether Europe can accept the lifeline that Macron is offering, and look forward to a new project, rather than backward to old struggles.
But Macron could imbue it with new meaning if he can combine, rather than accept, today’s false choices.
For all his deep emotional attachment to the idea of Israel embracing all of historical Judea and Samaria, Rabin knew that the only way to ensure a democratic Jewish state with viable, secure borders was to accept a Palestinian state alongside it, equally secure and viable.
They want full UN membership, but – facing inevitable veto of that option by the United States in the Security Council – are willing to accept as a fallback a majority vote by the General Assembly recognizing Palestine as a non-member “observer state,” the status now enjoyed by the Vatican.
Even if right, it is difficult to see why Israel and its friends should accept that as a make-or-break argument.
The question is what kind of agreement the EU will accept.
Indeed, the deal that Hong Kong’s colonial subjects appeared to accept – leaving politics alone in exchange for the opportunity to pursue material prosperity in a safe and orderly environment – is not so different from the deal accepted by China’s educated classes today.
All sides accept that this large and resource-rich country has under-performed for far too long.
There must be certain accepted rules of the political game that are binding on all, so that whoever does not accept or obey them is disqualified.
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