Word: admited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the Sears and California cases are obviously very different, both turn on the same question: Should feminists admit significant differences between the sexes? Traditionally, mainstream feminism has downplayed the importance of biological differences and has insisted that men and women be treated exactly alike by the law. Friedan and her allies deride this view, with its strained argument that hernias and pregnancies are somehow similar. Asks Friedan: "Why should the law treat us like male clones?" Similarly, Rosenberg argues that her feminist opponents minimize all the significant male-female differences and cultural influences that might explain the preponderance...
...Admit it, cynical Red Sox fans: you're starting to believe...
...widely expected turnaround in the balance of trade is now overdue. Says Walter Heller, chief economic adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and one of many economists who had predicted that the trade deficit would surely be shrinking by now: "This is a staggering surprise. We have to admit we were off base on timing...
...true military aficionados, the book offers an abundance of informed tidbits: an appearance by the secret radar-evading F-19 Stealth fighter plane, which the Pentagon has refused to admit exists even after one apparently crashed in California last month; descriptions of advances in antisubmarine weapons, among them passive sonars towed by computer-packed surveillance ships; and a stark examination of the critical role that Iceland plays in the naval strategy of the Western alliance...
...European friend had refused to admit that there was a pattern of terrorism until Reagan's incident came up. But when our discussion led to the question "Should the U.S. have acted?" I lost my newly gained European posture. I realized I was on the fence. Yes, they should have. No, they shouldn't have. Just as Reagan appeared to be frustrated into acting, I was frustrated because I was looking only towards the end of terrorism, while my friend was interested only in finding a means for achieving this...