This was good training for a writer, for the sooner you accept the fact that you are a deluded idiot who is always out of step with reality the better off you will be.

NEWYORKER: A Psychotronic Childhood

"I would take a great deal of persuading to accept the fact that there's a role for the disabled in the front-line of the armed services, " he said.

BBC: General rejects disability plan

If at least some Mexicans aren't yet ready to forgive the United States for how it treated Mexico a century and a half ago, then they have to accept the fact that some Mexican-Americans still hold a grudge for how their family members were treated much more recently than that.

CNN: My Mexican-American identity crisis

Dietrich Alexander in Die Welt is adamant that "European states will not accept a special role for Britain" in the bloc but is reassured by the fact that there is still a lot of time left "for Cameron to see reason".

BBC: European media question Cameron's EU plan

They say some of the loopholes could be closed - for example, the fact that Indian courts still don't accept confessions by a person in custody.

BBC: Will India's security overhaul work?

Still, the Chinese may make further criticisms of Chen, at least for the fact that he did not accept the "one China" principle as a pre-condition for resumption of cross-strait dialogue, as Beijing demands.

CNN: The Week Ahead: Watching Beijing and Washington