71.   He convincingly won a new five-year term last summer, mostly thanks to public acceptance of him as a creator of independent Croatia.

72.   Her new role as president will be seen by some as another step on her road to public acceptance, as her relationship with the prince becomes increasingly open.

73.   In what appears to have been a quiet campaign to win public acceptance, they have appeared together in public with increasing frequency.

74.   One reason, they say, is it takes time for academic theories to gain public acceptance.

75.   Seizing on an obvious marketing tool, eye doctors are touting their athlete-customers, helping accelerate public acceptance of the surgery.

76.   Some lawmakers and aides said the proposal might gain public acceptance -- and House votes -- if they did a better job of selling it.

77.   The case comes amid stepped-up government efforts to combat pervasive graft that has damaged public acceptance of communist rule.

78.   The cases come as the government tries to battle pervasive graft that has corroded public acceptance in Communist Party rule.

79.   The court rulings have coincided with growing public acceptance of gays.

80.   The goal of the Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, called JFLAG, is to win general public acceptance for homosexuals.