41.   Inbar said Mordechai, a career army officer appointed to all three Israeli regional commands, may be motivated in part by an unwillingness to accept defeat.

42.   Kansas sputtering in the tournament has become a dependable story line, with Williams looking tortured as his team tries to accept each defeat graciously.

43.   Mazoka has said he would not accept defeat, and he has refused to discourage his supporters from resorting to violence.

44.   Murray, who had spoken to her earlier, just nodded, almost approvingly, accepting defeat.

45.   Neither Al Gore nor George Bush nor their top lieutenants appeared ready Sunday to clearly signal the terms under which they would be willing to accept defeat.

46.   Partisans on both sides volunteered their willingness to accept defeat.

47.   Regent called on GT board of directors to accept defeat and resign.

48.   Regent will have to insist on a shareholders meeting to vote on its takeover bid before GT accepts defeat.

49.   She accepted her defeat with grace.

50.   Some Tutsis refused to accept defeat.