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Fed Chairman Arthur Burns acceded to Richard Nixon’s urging to keep rates low in advance of the 1972 presidential election.

He can decide whether to accede or contest his extradition.

The Iranians are unlikely to fully accede to American demands unless they truly feel that they have their backs to the wall, and even then, they are unusually effective negotiators.

“If an employer accedes, it cannot later claim to be a victim of the employee’s wrongful threats.”

“She didn’t want to be part of the administration, in part because she couldn’t accede to those views. So what has changed is not clear.”