51.   The critical question is what it will take for Tsvangirai to win and whether Mugabe would accept defeat.

52.   The day he surrendered at Appomattox, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee shined his boots, put on his finest uniform and accepted defeat with grace.

53.   The other side, whiludes Senate candidate Susan Collins, is willing to accept defeat and move on to unifying issues like tax cuts.

54.   The postelection situation could also grow more complicated if Yeltsin were unwilling to accept defeat or if an unelected group sought to seize power.

55.   The United States accepted that defeat, but moved to tighten the conditions in which the court can operate.

56.   The younger men, Republican House members, accepted defeat like champions who exit the field of battle promising to be victorious when they next enter the fray.

57.   These boys never accepted defeat.

58.   They knew that they might wind up spending much of Tuesday night finding graceful ways to accept defeat.

59.   Toney, as proud as ever, refused to accept defeat.

60.   We had our problems, but never accepted defeat.