1.  Any solution, Baz said, would have to be accepted by both parties.

2.  As a candidate, Clinton derided the policy of engagement with China, but as President he came to accept and then embrace it.

3.  Defiant officials of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth say they won't bend to the national church's demand that they accept women as priests.

4.  Cuba has long accepted leftist guerrilla groups engaged in hostage taking.

5.  Cuban President Fidel Castro said he would accept the rebels if he was asked to do so.

6.  DeGeneres' sitcom persona _ the bookish, clumsy, self-deprecating Ellen Morgan _ accepts the realization of her homosexuality after connecting with Laura Dern.

7.  Deka Deutsche Kapitalanlagegesellschaft's Merkel, for one, said he is prepared to accept the offer.

8.  Desertion, like draft-dodging, is something the Russian military command has grown to accept.

9.  Depending on whose advice he accepts, Dole may also face the disdain of economists.

10.  Despair Inc. accepts orders only through its Web site, although Kersten and associates are working on adding a toll-free number.