Word: admit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stands for--I'm still a foreigner here) claimed responsibility for the assassination. While terrorism is, unfortunately, not unknown in the U.S., we are still accustomed to pinning it on a psychopath or a small group of fanatics. The idea of a terrorist group established enough to openly admit to the crime is chilling and strange...
Even the most ardent Saddam hunters have to admit that taking him out would entail a huge, high-risk military operation: months of preparation to deploy thousands of ground troops to fight their way to the Iraqi capital while courting substantial casualties, then arrest or kill him. The U.S. would be pitched into an open-ended occupation and saddled with rescuing a devastated economy...
...question what it was like for her friend at predominately white Harvard parties. At the next party you go to, look around and notice how many students look completely different from you. Put yourself in their place and see what it feels like. While we rarely want to admit it, a social gathering composed primarily of a certain racial group sends off a warning sign: EXCLUSION HERE, DO NOT APPLY...
When the Lewinsky mess began, says Robert Squier, Gore's veteran media adviser, "we expected the increased press attention. It was inevitable." And welcome? Squier won't admit to that one. But Gore and his advisers knew that as difficult as the scandal might get for Clinton, it was not going to be so bad for Gore. After all, the worst case for Clinton means the Oval Office for Gore. The Vice President's poll numbers are up, and his Air Force Two press compartment is full of reporters who have little choice but to report on Gore...
...will not have true justice until those who are soft on crime become the victims of the criminals they so blithely excuse. Bad guys (and girls) commit crimes. If they get religion while incarcerated, great! As believers, they should be better able to admit their offense and graciously accept their penalty. BILL STONE Henderson...