Word: admitedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fifty years ago, when Hitler's tanks were poised at the English Channel and his bombers were pounding London, Franklin D. Roosevelt decided that the U.S., though still neutral, had to supply Britain with the military equipment it desperately needed. "We must admit that there is risk in any course we may take," F.D.R. said on a national radio broadcast. But backing America's natural ally "involves the least risk now and the greatest hope for world peace in the future...
...That is not the only thing that happened. In any system there may be people to whose disadvantage a certain policy is applied. But I refuse to admit that the policy of "separate development" was only to the detriment of the various ((nonwhite)) communities. There are members of these communities who achieved not only positions in their own communities but some of them became really rich...
...pollution, and bringing it in by tanker makes oil spills an ever present danger. As an alternative energy source, geothermal generation is a proven technology. It supplies about 5% of California's electricity and provides power in two other states and about 20 foreign countries as well. Advocates admit that tapping the earth's heat in this fashion will also bring up noxious hydrogen sulfide and sulfur-dioxide gases, but they argue that the Kilauea volcano, just a few miles away, spews out far more of the very same gases...
...have to admit, though, that even having seen most of the photographs before did not prepare me for the sheer intensity of the images that I was confronted with. One aspect of Mapplethorpe's art that critics can agree on is his presentation. They all admire it. Even my limited experience of the art world has made me more and more appreciative of the fine art of presentation, and the Mapplethorpe collection proved the artist to be a master of framing and exhibiting. His style adequately complements the aesthetic setting inside the small...
...Jail-To-Keep-'Em-From-Using-It mentality which pervades Bennett's strategies and is behind the random testing approach shows a serious ignorance of the psychology of addiction. Drug addiction, like alcoholism, cannot be treated by forcing the user to stop through legal penalties. Only once they admit to themselves that they have a problem can addicts reform. An addict needs our sympathy and pity and will be less likely to come forward when there are heavy legal penalties for drug...