Word: admit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this day she cannot really explain what happened. "I got into it, and I couldn't get out," she says simply. But she does admit she was terrified of telling her children. That anxiety keeps many other fraud victims falling for new scams in the hope of replacing some of the lost money so their sons and daughters will never know. Says Shelly Feldman, president of a Florida fraud-fighting organization called Senior Sleuths: "They're afraid their kids will say they can't handle their finances and they'll be put in a nursing home...
...effort to guarantee approval, the company said it would up the overall payout if more than two thirds of the women approve the plan. But while Dow offered to cough up the green, it refused to admit its breast-enhancing product causes disease. "We still believe very strongly that the scientific evidence shows there's no connection between breast implants and medical conditions," said Dow Corning CEO Richard Hazleton. A trial, slated to begin later this month, will attempt to determine if the implants are linked to any illnesses...
...Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad thinks he has. He says that Soros was upset by the decision of the Association of South East Asian Nations to admit Burma to their group ? Burma being one of the less democratic countries in the region ? and decided to drive their currency values down. ASEAN currencies have been going into tailspin against the dollar of late; Thailand, for one, had to be bailed out by the IMF to the tune of $16.7 billion. Still smarting, the Asian Tigers are screaming for Soros' head on a plate...
MOSCOW: Most Russians would happily admit they have no idea what the National Idea Commission is for. Trouble is, neither does the National Idea Commission. Boris Yeltsin summoned this august group of intellectuals in the aftermath of his narrow 1996 election victory, and charged them with finding out what the big idea was ? in other words, what makes Russia Russian now that Communism's gone? Well, after a year of extremely deep thought, the Commission has reconvened to tell the world: Sorry, we haven't a clue...
...parent homes with children of divorce," argues Pollitt. "You have to compare the children of divorce with the children of people in marriages that are dreadful but continuing." She dismisses the list of remedies offered by the antidivorce crowd and is skeptical of mandatory counseling. Divorced and quick to admit it, Pollitt says, "I had marital counseling. It is very expensive, and like all forms of therapy, it works only if you want to be there...