11.   In fact, Jimenez says the growing acceptance of dual nationality simply recognizes that the world is smaller and more entwined than ever.

12.   Intel attributed its strong financial results to a robust personal-computer market and the growing acceptance of its Pentium microprocessor.

13.   Last week, sensing its growing acceptance by mainstream voters, the party ordered its district branches to remove photographs of Lenin from party office walls.

14.   Polls show growing public acceptance of used cars as alternatives to new cars.

15.   Recent support for Linux and other open-source projects seems to suggest a growing acceptance in the software industry of an alternative to the tradition of proprietary code.

16.   Sociologists say the trend reflects a growing acceptance of ethnic beauty.

17.   Studies show a growing acceptance and use of birth control over the last few years, especially the IUD, or intrauterine device, followed by birth control pills.

18.   The Condit case could signal a growing acceptance of such personal misconduct by politicians, said Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia.

19.   The growing acceptance of a rapidly relaxing sexual climate is equally evident on the airwaves.

20.   The growing public acceptance of the possibility of a ground war contrasts with the mood when Clinton and NATO launched the air war two weeks ago.