Required to support her family, Helen Gurley became a working woman in an age before the feminist revolution had helped women win acceptance in the workforce.

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But the fact remains that without the sort of tough love that America alone can bestow, Israel will probably never be able to overcome its settler movement and make the deal that could win it acceptance in the Arab world.

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We're also broadening our reach with a new distribution channel and continuing to see strong customer acceptance with our latest design win in the ASUS Transformer Book.

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Ali al-Sistani, a Najaf-based ayatollah who is probably the most widely revered scholar among the world's Shias today, has stated that in order to be legitimate such a ruler should win acceptance from a majority of believers.

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Now, by becoming part of the city-state government in Berlin, which straddles east and west, the party is hoping to win acceptance at last as a normal part of Germany's body politic, rather than be dismissed as a regional oddity, doomed to fade away as east and west grow closer together.

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