Word: admits
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Plead Guilty Congressman faces prison G.O.P. Representative Bob Ney, accused of taking bribes and lying to Congress, is expected to be the first lawmaker to admit guilt in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal when he appears in court...
...first member of Congress to admit wrongdoing in the federal probe. Prosecutors are likely to insist that he spend as much as 27 months in prison, although a judge could impose up to 10 years, though that stiff a sentence is considered unlikely. His plea agreement lacks language that would require him to testify or to cooperate in other federal prosecutions - in contrast to earlier plea agreements of Ney's longtime chief of staff, Neil Volz, as well as Abramoff himself. The absence of such language suggests that Ney was able to provide little information beyond the scope...
...assign, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is to "allocate a task or duty." James Wood does nothing of the sort. He simply suggests reading, then—five minutes into every class—asks whether students have found the time to complete it. When students sheepishly admit that they just couldn't fit those hundred pages into their busy schedules, he recommends that they read the novel over Spring Break...
...elite -won't be following Harvard's lead anytime soon. In fact, a stunning 68% of U.S. colleges allow students to begin applying before Sept. 1 of their senior year, according to an August report by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC). And one in four will admit seniors even before the end of summer...
...Boston College, applications begin to arrive at the office during the summer, although the review process doesn't begin till Nov. 1. The school accepts about 36% of students who apply early, while its overall admit rate is under 30%. Educators say admit rates-or yields-are typically higher for early admissions because the students tend to be of a high quality...