Many of the parties are now prepared to accede to the demand.

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When Nikolai Azarov, Ukraine's current prime minister, refused to accede to her demand that he speak Ukrainian rather than Russian, she asked for an interpreter.

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But Mundell is still making his case, and when governments like China ask his opinion about whether to accede to the Bush Administration's demand to let the yuan float, Mundell always tells them to hold firm.

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