Word: admited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bostonians indifferent to the boring New England Patriots and their dwarf-like back-up quarterback probably wonder why I've been loyal to a pro football team. I admit it. The NFL is pointless, slow and cruel. But the Redskins, somehow, are different...
...that is the key to pulling off any affectation. You must not look like you're trying to do anything. Use any excuse or alibi--I like it, I think it looks good, it's all that was available, I did it on a dare--but never ever admit to an affectation...
...bulldog Secretary acted "from his gut," say State Department aides, but not completely without outside support. A majority of 51 Senators urged him not to admit Arafat. Some members of Congress had been quietly in touch with Jewish representatives. "We didn't want the campaign against Arafat to be an Israeli one; we wanted America to take the lead," explained an Israeli official. But Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir went on record as opposing a visa for Arafat in a mid-November meeting with U.S. Ambassador Tom Pickering...
...getting a limited look at IBM's software, which some analysts consider a major concession by the U.S. company. But others see the settlement as an IBM victory. Says Jonathan Fram, a Bear Stearns analyst: "It's a masterstroke by IBM because they got their main rival to admit that it stole from them...
Gray is the first to admit that tenant management and ownership are not the only antidotes to public housing and welfare, but she insists that her efforts can be duplicated elsewhere. "There are thousands of Kimi Grays in America who are willing to try," she says. Woodson agrees: "Kimi and other leaders are the last best hope for many of these public-housing projects. Tenant managers can't offer guarantees, but they hold great promise. The only thing worse than poverty is accepting the status...