• Another was to use foreign currency: the bank could lend, or accept a bill of exchange, in one currency and collect its debt in another, building a hidden rate of interest into the exchange rate.

    ECONOMIST: Millennium issue: Banking

  • I'm just saying that in order to be bipartisan you have to be willing to -- for the President, you have to be willing to accept a strong bill.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefings

  • Although no explicit mention of a bill to accept intercept evidence was mentioned in the Queen's Speech, Lord Carlile, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, told File on 4 he expected to see such evidence used in court by the beginning of 2008.

    BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Battle for Islam | Watchdog rejects phone-tap claims

  • She once advised Bill Clinton to accept a ban on late-term abortions as part of a compromise.

    ECONOMIST: The Supreme Court

  • Bush and senior White House officials will continue lobbying members in hopes of winning House passage on a bill Bush can accept before Congress recesses.

    CNN: Talks continue as Bush meets patients' rights leader

  • In a statement, AAJ President Gibson Vance advocated passage of a bill pending in Congress that would require foreign manufacturers to designate a U.S. agent to accept service should they be sued here.

    FORBES: One-Two, The Court Backs International Shoe

  • Employers' representatives say some small businesses could collapse if they have to accept a 50% rise (or more) in their wages bill.

    ECONOMIST: After the euphoria, a deluge of problems

  • Ms Macdonald called on the government to accept that while it had "made a brave effort" the bill had not "come up to scratch".

    BBC: Offensive Behaviour at Football Debate 2

  • They have said they won't pass a bill letting the government pay its bills unless I accept their extreme and misguided budget priorities.

    CNN: Transcript of President Clinton's weekly radio address

  • On the Defamation Bill, the government will have to decide whether to accept a new clause allowing profit-making organisations to sue for defamation only where they can prove substantial financial loss, and barring public bodies - like local authorities - from taking any defamation action.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • The Times reported the DCLG had refused to accept it would foot half the bill - but Downing Street has said reports of a row over where the money will come from are "simply untrue" and there was an agreement.

    BBC: Local homes pledge 'is unlawful'

  • By then, GM might well be flanked by supportive business secretaries from other European nations, leaving Germany with no choice but to accept a greater share of the pain while still being presented with a substantial share of the bill.

    BBC: What next for GM in Europe?

  • The House speaker's reasoning was that the passage of Plan B and the spending bill would put the onus on Obama and Senate Democrats to accept them or offer a compromise.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • And we cannot accept a system in which shareholders make money on these operations if the bank wins but taxpayers foot the bill if the bank loses.

    WHITEHOUSE: The ��Volcker Rule�� for Financial Institutions

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