Accept
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The Palestinian side, for its part, must
accept
that Israel is here to stay, and that huge benefits can be reaped from economic cooperation.
Experience with standard-setting for toxic substances, and policy processes concerning the safety of various GM and energy technologies, shows that it would often be more accurate and useful to
accept
divergent expert interpretations, and focus instead on documenting the reasons underlying disagreement.
But they couldn’t avoid the obligation to
accept
rules that would benefit the US, in the hope that the liturgy might help to constrain China’s behavior.
The EU’s member countries, and not only those in the eurozone, must
accept
that a new treaty is needed to save the euro.
Before then, the Catholic Church had lost almost two centuries (XVIII and XIX) because it refused to
accept
that the world had changed, that social and economic issues are among the most important, that modernity happened.
This willingness to
accept
a situation, however bad, as long as it affects everyone equally is what enabled Japan to endure two decades of deflation, without a public outcry over the authorities' repeated failure to redress it.
In its deadly assault on the Gaza flotilla in May, Netanyahu’s government demonstrated a kind of political autism in its inability to realize that even Israel’s best friends no longer wish to
accept
the humanitarian consequences of the Gaza blockade.
More important, the 52% who voted for Brexit were sharply divided in their aims, with some prepared to
accept
economic sacrifice for a “hard Brexit” (total separation from Europe), and others hoping for a “soft Brexit” that would minimize the impact on the UK economy.
Poland and other countries will
accept
restrictions on their citizens’ mobility only if offered additional structural funds and stronger security cooperation.
While EU citizens are ready to
accept
the sacrifices needed to reinvent their economies, they need to see a payoff on the horizon.
Likewise, European states
accept
the common norms and rules of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and are almost always prepared to be regulated by them.
This also explains why Bernanke’s only rivals are from his peer group – the only people whom financial markets would be willing to
accept.
But Canada was never going to
accept
such a one-sided approach, and rightly so – a good outcome.
What countries must do to join the World Trade Organization is precisely what they must do to become productive and democratic:
accept
the rule of law, reduce corruption, and become open, accountable, and transparent.
Few are willing to
accept
that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, despite his abominable record, now almost certainly must be part of the solution.
If Russia is to be a serious partner for Europe, it must be ready to
accept
the obligations of stability along with the benefits.
For years, however, both men eluded capture, in part because many NATO and US officials were not yet prepared to
accept
the risks associated with apprehending them.
If smokers are willing to
accept
PNVs as a viable option, high-risk tobacco use could become a thing of the past.
These are the principles that the architects of the next global economic order must
accept.
So Pakistanis grimly learned to
accept
military rule as their destiny.
But growth has not materialized, and that makes an ecologically motivated fuel tax impossible for middle- and lower-class French commuters to
accept.
Jaruzelski was elected president, but he had to
accept
the new division of power.
(The Kremlin's apparent failure to anticipate China's refusal to
accept
such a dispensation – particularly in Central Asia, which is key to President Xi Jinping's economic vision – represents a puzzling lapse in Putin's strategic calculus.)
The hope is that economic sanctions, together with Russian casualties on the ground, will force Russia humbly to
accept
its post-Cold War status as a third-rate power, while sending the additional message that any effort to revise the US-led world order is doomed to fail – with serious economic costs.
It would give developing nations a strong incentive to
accept
mandatory quotas, because if they can keep their per capita emissions low, they will have excess emissions rights to sell to the industrialized nations.
So Blair decided that New Labour would not just accept, but embrace the principle of market forces.
As in other Latin or Mediterranean countries with a strong Catholic tradition, Italian society long ago learned to
accept
serenely a life of duplicity: on the one hand, a strong attachment to church and family values, and on the other a second life – often lived in plain sight – composed of mistresses and other “dubious” connections.
But, after so many disappointments, China cannot
accept
at face value the assurances of European politicians, which even they themselves do not know whether they can redeem.
As rapid population aging generates significant fiscal pressures, EU members have a strong economic incentive to
accept
more immigrants.
As obvious as this conclusion might seem, the world has taken millennia to reach it – and, in many ways, has yet to
accept
it fully.
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