Word: admiting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dalian, east of Beijing, spotted the errant man buying cigarettes and informed authorities, who then arrested him. His crime? "Rumormongering." His deed? Appearing in pirated American television footage estimating casualties in the Tiananmen massacre at up to 20,000 people. "I am a counterrevolutionary ," the man now says. "I admit my crime...
James Earl Jones, who co-stars in Field of Dreams, was at first skeptical of Cooping up Costner. "But watching Kevin on the monitor on location," he says, "I had to admit: it was Gary Cooper. For one thing, Gary Cooper was always looking to spit. He and Kevin have the same pucker in the mouth." For his part, Costner wouldn't mind going back in time to get back in the saddle. "I'd have loved to spend five or six years in the studio system," he says, "doing all those cowboy pictures. I was born 30 years...
Detroit police admit investigating Calvert, but only about an alleged insurance scheme that Thomas tipped them to. Mayor Young says he knows nothing whatsoever about any police prying into Calvert's personal affairs...
Even the activists admit, however, that removing all sex and gore from the media would make no more than a small dent in the teen crime problem. Much more fundamental changes in society are needed. Government at all levels should step up the battles against drugs, poverty and racism. Far more money should be poured into education, day-care and recreational opportunities for the young. Youngsters need more of their parents' time, and they need to know that society cares about them...
...alumna attending the discussion, Florence T. Revelle '24, said she was encouraged by the strides in coeducation made by Harvard and Radcliffe. "When I graduated from Radcliffe, Harvard Law School didn't admit women so I had to go to Yale Law School," she said, adding, "we've made great progress...