And 1998 is a precursor of nothing other than an acceptance of a moderate slowdown.
Equally as important, old age seems to breed an acceptance of life as it is.
Has Nato masterfully spun an acceptance of defeat and subsequent retreat into something that looks a bit like victory?
Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe has said she is worried there is an acceptance of illegal drugs within Northern Ireland prisons.
The study found there was an acceptance of such lies among parents when they were used as a way of reinforcing desirable social behaviour.
The failure of smoking prevention and treatment in this group is largely down to an acceptance of smoking as a "normal behaviour" and is an indictment on public health and clinical services, it said.
Look, Kinnucan has not portrayed himself as a guy you would like to share a beer with, but his plea is supposed to be an acceptance of responsibility and an acknowledgement that he did something wrong.
It's hard to see the Hume solution - joint referenda on both sides of the border on a deal, institutions at Stormont with safeguards for the minority, an acceptance of the principle of consent, and a promise of future referenda if the numbers game changes - being bettered.
You've heard General Petraeus talk about efforts -- again, assuming the renunciation of violence, extremist ties, and an acceptance of the Afghan constitution and the laws that govern the country of Afghanistan -- the efforts that were undertaken in parts of Iraq and the benefits that he saw if he found willing members also in Afghanistan.
And while only 4, 000 self-described Macanese now remain among a population of 450, 000, the racial mixing that distinguished the Portuguese in their empire from, say, the British in theirs has bequeathed the onetime colony an air of acceptance, and of variousness.
In 1932, Yale received thirteen hundred and thirty applications, and it admitted nine hundred and fifty-nine an acceptance rate of seventy-two per cent.
Her last tweet was an enthusiastic acceptance of a friend's invite to celebrate the day with chocolate cupcakes topped with red hearts.
It is said to contain an apology to aborigines for past injustices and an acceptance by them of it.
But when Newcastle needed to find inspiration in the second half, all that was on offer was an almost passive acceptance of their decline as they failed to exert any serious pressure on Villa - at times seeming barely aware of the fate that awaited them if they lost.
It was the softly, softly, almost apologetic approach of William Graham AM that led to an acceptance that questions around the wording of some emails he'd exchanged with government officials were "legitimate and sensible".
Of course, pop culture can do more to put an end to this blithe acceptance of violence toward women.
Yesterday, Assad announced another PR ploy: the acceptance of an Arab League-brokered cease fire in his country.
"Our introduction of high-speed 30 nanometer class NAND late last year served as an initial pathway for stimulating acceptance of the new high-performance toggle DDR technology, " said Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, Memory marketing, Samsung Electronics.
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"If, in fact, Mr. Netanyahu were to make an unequivocal statement about acceptance of this as a solution concept, then he should immediately be asked to begin, immediately, to implement Israel's other obligations under the road map, " said Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister.
The IETF leadership's decision was hailed by the printer industry as an important milestone for widespread acceptance of IPP.
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The court could historically alter how the law treats marriage, striking down laws across the country banning same-sex marriage and matching an apparent cultural shift toward acceptance of same-sex couples.
On Monday, Commons Speaker John Bercow warned the security of the ballot could be threatened by Friday counting and demanded an end to the "passive acceptance" of the practice.
It was the result of understandable disappointment, although there was an acceptance that the Blades had been caught short by a lack of quality, not just the Premier League's perceived generosity towards West Ham.
The acceptance of statins as an important class of CV drugs was mirrored in their commercial success.
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"What we're seeing is a return to prominence and greater pop-culture acceptance of gaming as an art form, " Steinberg said.
While publicly the government is maintaining competition is not being given free rein, there is an acceptance behind the scenes that some of the language used in the document has not been helpful.
Ten years ago, as wineries began to seal bottles with screw caps instead of corks, there was an initial backlash before a long, slow period of acceptance that, some would argue, remains ongoing.
Last week, she received an acceptance letter from the New York Academy of Art.
"There are an awful lot of barriers to gaining acceptance in the market place, " he said.
Everything about their acceptance of the posts suggested an eagerness to face the challenge.
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