Word: admited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrat-controlled Congress and the Executive Branch over how to handle Central America. The product of intense lobbying by Secretary of State James Baker, the agreement to fund the contras but not any more fighting may mark a sea change in U.S. policy. "I think we all have to admit," said Baker, "that the ((Reagan)) policy basically failed because we were not united...
...Arafat produced results, would you admit you were wrong...
Only in a written playscript does Wasserstein allow herself to be assertive. In conversation, she flees from all self-important declarations of artistic intention. It takes coaxing for Wasserstein just to admit that Heidi represents her bid "to demand attention and announce, 'I have something to say, and I want you to listen.' " She is much more comfortable recalling Heidi's early off-Broadway previews when she was scared that "all the people from Isn't It Romantic would show up waiting for the chicken jokes." Here her voice breaks into a hypertheatrical tone as she parodies the reaction...
...alienated and getting a divorce are the dreariest). One cheerful result is that Wasps, to the disgust of Nathan Zuckerman's relatives, now know about Jewish families, shnorrers, yentas and all, and that Catholics are knowledgeable about those little ethnicities that Presbyterians possess but do not like to admit to. Northerners understand Southerners, at least on paper, and whites even know something of how life ferments, black among black...
Radcliffe officials offered a new picture of the search for a Radcliffe president this week. Although they admit that Yale Professor of Psychology Judith Rodin removed her name from the list of candidates late in the search process, they now say she was never actually offered the post. Their rationale: Until the Board of Trustees votes to approve an offer, it is not official. Of course, the Board doesn't vote until a candidate has said she will accept the post...