The dumb thing was acceding to a telephone offer recruiting her to be a contestant on Fox's stunt show in the first place, figuring that the only prize she would get out of it was a free weeklong trip to Las Vegas, where the program was shot.
People born in Guernsey the year the Queen acceded to the throne are being asked to help fire a 21-gun salute for her Diamond Jubilee.
Although Mr Greenberg had acceded to a succession plan, this was to be revealed only if he dropped dead.And yet, on March 14th the world's biggest insurer said that Mr Greenberg was stepping down as its chief executive, to become non-executive chairman.
Though she balked somewhat at her makeover ("I hate this Ivana look," she is said to have protested at one point, as her hair was turned ever lighter), she acceded to it; it was, after all, only a more successful version of what she'd undertaken in 1982.
For some, the opportunity pressure was very great and had to be acceded to irrespective of self-confidence.
In exchange for a large donation, the nuns acceded to his wish to be buried in Roscrea.
With the population in revolt in October 1947, aided by Pakistani irregulars, the maharaja acceded to India Indiann troops were airlifted in.
Regardless of the suicidal nature of such a request, one could argue that a physician who accedes to it is not engaging in assisted suicide because the immediate death-causing act is performed by the physician rather than the patient.
A person close to the Military Council suggested to me that some demands would be acceded to, but he remained frustrated because, no matter how much was given, people kept asking for more.
The Optional Protocols to the Convention are considered independently of the Convention and must be ratified or acceded to separately, but the process is the same.
