Word: admited
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Waldheim publicly treated the report as an exoneration. The gist of the study, said he, "is that I cannot be accused of personal involvement in atrocities." With rare candor, Waldheim plaintively told the Vienna daily Die Presse, "Yes, I admit, I wanted to survive" by following orders. He added: "I have the deepest respect for all those who resisted. But I ask understanding for all the hundreds of thousands who didn't do that, but nonetheless did not become personally guilty...
...ever expected America to age gracefully. How could the country of adolescent spirit, reckless politics, marathons, short skirts, unbounded energy and a restless imagination admit that its body is growing old? Not with Ronald Reagan in the saddle at 77. Or Joe Niekro, a starting pitcher at 43, fluttering knuckle balls past cross-eyed youngsters on a Saturday afternoon. Or Dr. Jonas Salk, 73, who developed the first polio vaccine 35 years ago, searching for an AIDS vaccine. Or Elizabeth Taylor at 55, flashing a luscious violet smile from a magazine cover. We don't have to slow down, they...
That prospect worries older people as well as the young. In fact the reason Social Security is unlikely to ignite an age war is that many elderly people acknowledge its flaws and admit the system needs to be changed, while many young people support its basic principles. Even some lobbyists for the aged privately accept the need to adjust Social Security, by raising the age of eligibility or taxing benefits for the wealthy, as part of a drastic deficit- reduction plan. While many retirees defend Social Security, they are horrified by the legacy of a $2 trillion debt they will...
...dispute that the story raised troubling questions about a practice that may occur in hospitals more often than most patients realize -- or most doctors are willing to admit. J.A.M.A. Editor George Lundberg says his own staff split over whether or not to publish the piece. But two medical peer- review panels urged him to publish it. Lundberg, who believes the anonymous account is genuine (though J.A.M.A. has made no attempt to verify it), decided to go ahead. "My intent was to produce vigorous debate on a timely topic," he says. "We are technologically capable of prolonging dying at great cost...
...however. Not since TV and the Olympics were introduced to each other has the network covering the Games lost money. Though ABC projects a healthy 21.5 average rating in prime time and commercial time is virtually sold out (up to $300,000 for a 30-second spot), network executives admit that advertising income will not cover the costs. They are spending a reported $100 million on the production, in addition to the whopping $309 million paid for the broadcast rights, more than three times the cost in 1984. The problem developed because the rights were auctioned off before...