How could all this add up to an acceptance when it appears like a recipe for disaster?
Acceptance of homosexuality is up, especially among younger Americans.
The growth in consumer acceptance of mobile devices opens up the opportunity for location-based gaming.
Limited imports of doctors by imposing huge barriers to the acceptance of foreign qualifications, up to and including the need to retrain on arrival.
National politicians oscillate between a zeal to prop up Britain's regions and a resigned acceptance that scarce investment must go to its behemoth of a capital.
"You know what, I thought I'd get used to it, but I tripped over every word when I was up there, " Skrillex said of his acceptance speeches.
Rumi, who lived in 13th century, was "somebody who, during a time of ethnic tensions, was able to hit a very high note of love and tolerance and acceptance that we want to hold up as relevant today, " he added.
Nobody in the West is brought up any more with this love of life and acceptance of its sorrows as well as an ability to experience its joys so deeply.
Several delegates were keen to talk up the party's tough stance on breaking up the banks, although there seemed to be an acceptance that this will take time to materialise.
"I saw her signature on the document registering her acceptance of war aid, and the hair stood up on the back of my neck, " KimRon recalls.
But there is no deal to be had on the spending side without an acknowledgement and an acceptance by Republican leaders that rates have to go up on top earners as part of a balanced approach.
The university operates four charters for (mostly) poor black children up to ninth grade (14-15), and college-acceptance rates for children going through them have been above 98% in each of the past three years.
Our acceptance of robots increases as robots get more human-like but only up to a point.
The FTC ultimately ended up badly splintered on the probe's conclusion, particularly on the agency's acceptance of Google's voluntary changes.
Nowhere else in Paris can match the Marais for its nonchalant acceptance of the leather-clad fetishist or the diner who casually puts a fold-up scooter under his chair.
"It requires a real vision and acceptance that this strategic partnership is the only alternative to a world in which we break up into different poles of power, acting as rivals to one another, with every single dispute in the world being played off against these different poles of power, " he said.
Two weeks ago, he followed up by sending me an e-mail that linked to news that his viewpoint is evidently gaining wider acceptance.
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