Word: admitedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although different lawmakers blame different people for a lack of initiative on the tax package, most on Beacon Hill seem to admit that some form of tax increase will be passed before the end of the fiscal year in late June. If not to save the state from this year's mammoth deficit, they say, new taxes are necessary to prevent an even worse situation next year...
Although few favor mandatory disclosure, there seems to be an emerging consensus that women should be encouraged to admit that they have been victims of a form of assault for which they need bear no guilt. "There's still a tendency to blame the victim," says Sarah Burns, of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. To help demythologize the crime, some prominent women have openly acknowledged that they were victims of sexual assault. In a law-review article, Susan Estrich, Michael Dukakis' campaign manager, admitted she had been raped. So did actress Kelly McGillis, co-star of The Accused...
Sadly, Field of Dreams did not win the best picture Oscar and no doubt had little chance, but I have to admit to secretly rooting for the "baseball in the corn" film. It captured some of the magic of the game and thereby a piece of my heart...
Since Harvard undergraduates are taught to be self-reliant, some counselors say, they tend not to admit problems to professionals or friends because such actions could be interpreted as signs of failure...
...easier to admit you're not all that knowledgeable in front of a peer counselor, rather than a doctor or a nurse," Jaffe says...