For Ma Bell, acceding to union demands was less costly than enduring crippling strikes.
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Japan's social system is based on acceding to group wishes and not displaying too much individuality.
EU's exchange-rate mechanism for at least two years before acceding to the single currency.
Ministers however are making clear that they have no intention of acceding to this request.
Jurists on both sides of the Atlantic are acceding to the insinuation of Shariah law in their courts.
The United States has historically avoided acceding to Soviet pressure to place U.S.-Soviet meetings "at the summit" in an arms control context.
In 1429, Henry VI was crowned king of England, seven years after acceding to the throne at the age of eight months.
Acceding to De Beers's requests for secrecy, it refuses to disclose figures on the import and export of rough diamonds, their origin or their value.
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While condemning the activity depicted in the newest photos, Mr. Panetta also criticized the Los Angeles Times, which first published the images, for not acceding to requests from the government to withhold them.
The former president said top U.S. officials should consider acceding to North Korea's requests by negotiating directly with its leaders, guaranteeing not to launch an attack against the country and, over a period of time, establishing full diplomatic relations.
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Going a bit further, the Comptroller's office released two previously undisclosed letters from 1993, the first acceding to a bank's request to hold a condominium for its own use and the second allowing the bank to rent it out when it was not needed.
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