Word: admitedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...policy initiated by Brandt to seek reconciliation with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a stance that would be adopted by his successors in the Chancellor's office in Bonn. When Brandt became Chancellor in 1969, West Germany still refused to recognize the postwar boundaries in Eastern Europe or admit that Germany would remain divided for the foreseeable future. Brandt swiftly changed much of that, signing nonaggression pacts with the U.S.S.R. and Poland in 1970 and ^ renouncing claims to 40,000 sq. mi. of former German territory incorporated into Poland. He also signed a treaty in 1972 to normalize relations...
...Students at Harvard have lately expressed deep concern over the fact that Blacks and Hispanics are under-represented at the College. They blame Harvard's recruitment policy, which they claim should more aggressively recruit more lower-income minority students. By expanding the applicant pool, they reason, Harvard will ultimately admit a more representative number of Black and Hispanic candidates. Their approach is not only wrong, but it does a disservice to the real problems that underlie minority representation at Harvard...
While police admit that some of the teenagers' complaints and stories of harassment by specific officers may be valid, they maintain that, on the whole, their interaction with city teens are conducted on a strictly professional and courteous basis...
...police officer would rather commit perjury than admit [to committing police brutality] to a civilian review board," Lyons says...
...make travel arrangements from the US is probably unreasonable. What have you got to offer to make it worth the risk for an overseas employer to take a chance on an unknown American student? Probably a lot, but be prepared to address this question. Also, be prepared to admit that it might be easier and in the end necessary to present your case in person than through the relative anonymity of a cover letter and a resume. Courtesy is at premium in this transaction, but so is motivated (yet sensitive) persistence. Don't give up, but don't be overly...