In the last twenty-five years, this hypothesis has gained broad acceptance largely due to research at the ancient city of Copan, Honduras.
The electronic cameras they have developed have yet to win wide consumer acceptance, largely because the clarity, or resolution, of their pictures is inferior to those produced by even the cheapest film cameras.
This lack of acceptance is largely because instrument collisions are difficult to avoid when many instruments are crowded into a single incision.
Linux is finding new acceptance based largely on an endorsement of the technology by I.B.M. and the growing acceptance of corporate computing managers, who are trying to limit spending and gain more control over their computing systems.
For now, the slow pace of acceptance is largely owing to efforts of politically active and well-organized opponents, including unions like the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, which have strong ties to the Democratic Party.
Edward F. Cox, Nixon's son-in-law and the chairman of New York's Republican Party, said the Nixon-Agnew campaign of 1968 had been caricatured as an angry and divisive affair, with the gentler notes of the acceptance speech largely forgotten.
Alternative rock had already begun to receive mainstream acceptance, thanks largely to the popularity of Nirvana who, like Pearl Jam, were part of Seattle's vibrant music scene and Ten (featuring the major hits "Jeremy," "Evenflow," and "Alive") became a multimillion-seller.
Important socio-technical aspects of the energy system and its transition, such as affordability, participation and acceptance, remain largely neglected.
The success of Notre Dame under Knute Rockne and the backs whom Rice called the Four Horsemen was instrumental in winning Catholics acceptance in a largely Protestant country.
Although acceptance rates are largely declining, so is yield — the term for the number of admitted students who enroll at an institution.
Over the past few years, the pool of applicants had included nearly as many girls as boys, and the acceptance rate — based largely on test scores and grades — had followed suit.
