Word: admit
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...that entire period without the aid of Ms. Lewinsky. There were mountains of interesting things to write about, of rather direct concern to large numbers of people. (A special favorite: the phone company has decided to start charging customers $3 a month for not using long distance. You must admit, it's a concept...
Failing to admit wrongdoing for a time isn't abusing power. And the Executive Privilege assertion wasn't frivolous because Starr was intruding into "legitimate confidential discussions...
...made through the switchboard. When Ms. Lewinsky phoned and Ms. Currie put the President on the line, she did not log the call, though the standard procedure was to note all calls, personal and professional. According to Secret Service uniformed officers, Ms. Currie sometimes tried to persuade them to admit Ms. Lewinsky to the White House compound without making a record...
...have seen the death of the recording industry: its name is MP3. Now, I should admit that my death notices have been notoriously premature. At various times in my crystal-ball-gazing career, I have predicted that the Internet would knock dead newspapers, magazines, TV, the U.S. political system and America Online--all enterprises that are apparently healthy. So far. But this time I mean it. Never mind what the abbreviation stands for; MP3 refers to a technology that allows you to squeeze CD-quality music down to less than a tenth of its digital size, while retaining virtually...
Clinton's Aug. 17 speech was the biggest mistake of his political career [SPECIAL REPORT, Aug. 31]. He had an opportunity to be truthful, but rather than admit that he lied to the American people, the President said he "misled" them. Rather than admit that he had had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, he said he had had a relationship that was "not appropriate." Rather than face the truth, he attacked independent counsel Kenneth Starr. We should expect to have a higher moral standard than Clinton has provided. JOHN S. JONES Ventura, Calif...