Word: admit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...alternative, if I did not enjoy GETTING STONED, I admit that my cessation reflected a simple preference for abstinence, rather than any deep moral concerns or a sudden new respect for our nation's drug laws. Moreover, I am not willing to describe my earlier actions, which I knew to be illegal, as "youthful indiscretions" unless I am also prepared to characterize similarly other nonviolent offenses, such as fraud or burglary...
...investigate the alleged "reasons" our fair school has slipped to such depths. (Or, if you prefer a less rational approach, prepare to intercept the trucks carrying the issue to Out-of-Town News this week with a sign reading, "The People's Republic of Cambridge refuses to admit within its borders treasonous materials...
...Restaurant: I'll admit that the food is probably not worth the price you pay, but the view from the top of the Prudential Center certainly is. The newly-renovated restaurant has two rows of tables up against floor-to-ceiling windows, affording each patron a fabulous view of the city...
...story highlighted an ongoing journalistic culture clash. Supermarket tabloids operate by different rules from most of the mainstream media. For one thing, they relish the sort of steamy subject matter (especially sex) that other publications shy away from; for another, they frequently pay money for stories. Star editors admit they paid 37-year-old prostitute Sherry Rowlands for her details of the alleged trysts with Morris (the amount was "under $50,000," they say). Yet they insist that the transaction did not make them any less confident of the truth of her allegations. In this instance the Star gathered enough...
...Republican Party plot to embarrass his family he was dropping out of the campaign]. Yes, there was in fact a very involved conspiracy to remove President George Bush from the White House, and yes, I was one of the many people involved in that episode. I admit my wrongdoing and accept full responsibility for my own actions. But there are errors both in Posner's book and in the article Time published. I publicly wish to again admit my involvement in the phony dirty-tricks scandal against the Republican Party and President Bush. There was never any g.o.p. plot against...