21.   Friends and colleagues who have replayed tapes of the fourth quarter still have a hard time accepting the result.

22.   Frankly, any county official unable or unwilling to accept the results of the special election as the clearly expressed will of the people should resign immediately.

23.   Gore seized the PR initiative Wednesday by offering to accept the results of a hand recount of the entire state.

24.   Had the separatists won by an equally narrow margin they surely would have expected their opponents to accept the result as final.

25.   He has backtracked a bit since, maintaining that he would accept the results if they are endorsed by the electoral agency.

26.   He said he will not accept the results.

27.   His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, has refused to accept the result, saying the election was marred by violence, irregularities and outright rigging.

28.   It remained unclear whether the government would accept the result or nullify the auction and seek fresh bids.

29.   It refuses to say if it would accept the results of the hand recounts as final if they left the outcome unchanged.

30.   Largely overlooked in the coverage of the Mexican presidential election is the grace with which incumbent President Ernesto Zedillo and losing candidate Francisco Labastida accepted the results.