Word: admited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...play is littered with flamboyant, dipsy-do, touches. Against Brown last month, Duncan, caught up in the air with his back to the basket, hurled a shot off the top corner of the backboard which spun into the net. Duncan ran downcourt with a completely straight face--you never admit luck on the playground...
Wills, a Classics scholar and communitarian, saw Nixon's 1968 election as a sign that Americans--though shaken by events of the late '60s and the system's failure to cope with them--were not yet ready to admit that rugged individualism, which defined their politics and judgments of themselves, was a "cruel hoax". Wills writes...
...Tower Report also recognizes that every administration has made significant blunders during four or eight years of complicated decision-making. The main failing of the Reagan administration was its inability to admit the mistake, immediately jettison all parties involved and show a clean plate to the American people...
...people's bellies at the same time." On their side, the creditors may be sympathetic, and if the talks go well, will consider giving Brazil new loans. But their patience will not last indefinitely. Says a U.S. banker based in Sao Paulo: "The banks want Brazil to admit it has problems, show a feasible plan for dealing with them, and stop throwing sand in the faces of creditors...
...about Gates' role in Iranscam. There is still some ambiguity about that role. Two sources told TIME last week that Gates helped piece together the Ollie chronology. The CIA vehemently denies it. In fact, one official says Gates visited North's office late last November to demand that North admit he lied about one point...