Word: admited
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Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it: Our civilization is decadent, and our language--so the argument runs--must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument we shape...
...explorers once wouldn't sail the Atlantic became they believed there was no land to be found. So doctors wouldn't study the body because they thought they already knew all its organs. Boorstin shows the truth of the old chestnut: The first step towards knowledge is to admit one's ignorance. This was as true for the study of society as for that of health. The book's final section, "Society," is its most diverse and complicated, showing how facts replaced myths in the study of the past, how statistics reshape our understanding of the present...
...holds all the patronage strings necessary to command loyalty; as Speaker he dispenses office space, regulates staff size and even hands out parking privileges. For those on his good side, the avenues of advancement are wide open and unlimited; for those who oppose him, McGee is the first to admit that "the power of the gavel is pretty, pretty powerful...
...happens every day. A verdict of guilty is immediately followed by outcries from upset relatives and friends charging that there has been a terrible miscarriage of justice. Prosecutors scarcely even pay attention. So it is almost unheard of for them to back off and admit that justice may not have been served. But last week in Texas, the Dallas County district attorney joined the defense to support setting aside the armed-robbery conviction and life sentence of Lenell Geter, 26. Said D.A. Henry Wade: "I believe some doubt has been raised in the minds of many people concerning the fairness...
...team that drafted me. I wouldn't bet against the Dolphins again, but if we got in again, the Raiders would complete it for me. There's no one else who ever kept me from anything." That sounds a bit sharp, even for him. "I have to admit," he says, "deep down, during his hard times, I came to have a great respect for Plunkett." There would be a certain symmetry at that...