Receiving a Congressional nomination is quite an accomplishment, however, it does not guarantee acceptance to the academies.

But the first day of school offered a lesson in the great paradox of affirmative action: admittance does not guarantee acceptance.

A nomination through any authority does not guarantee acceptance into a service academy.

A program that guarantees acceptance to medical school like the one at Stony Brook can put the school at the top of a student's college list.

Intellectual awareness of something, through reason, does not guarantee emotional acceptance.

But being No. 1 on a coach's list and lobbying by the athletic department did not guarantee acceptance.

I can guarantee delivery, but not acceptance.

This guarantees broad acceptance of the changes being made.

These are sensible and necessary moves which will guarantee political acceptance in future and also the acceptance of the citizens for this type of European policy.

A nomination does not guarantee acceptance.