1.   There is no generally accepted definition of life.

2.   But the following are generally accepted definitions of Cajun and Creole.

3.   That was less than economists had expected and moved the country within a hair of two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, the widely accepted definition of a recession.

4.   That is the widely accepted definition of a voucher, yet Bush declines to use the word, suggesting that he considers it loaded with bad connotations.

5.   The paper found at least seven men, including Dixon, who arguably fit the clinically accepted definition of mental retardation.

6.   Under the generally accepted definition of socially responsible investing, Scully said, there are two kinds of screenings applied to any investment.

7.   Until this downturn, the generally accepted definition of a recession was two consecutive quarters of decline.

8.   But until recently in India, there was no accepted definition of brain death.

9.   Merrill Lynch predicted shrinkage for the last two quarters, the accepted definition of recession.

10.   Striving for certain goals is considered useless, because there is no accepted definition of what is desirable.