Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...look guys," I began, hoping not to provoke my end as a giant custard tube. "You were awesome against Columbia. I admit it. But really, the Lions looked like a bunch of Kindergarteners out for recess-time kickball. You still have to prove yourselves against a real test...
...three stalked away, I noticed my turkey pot pie had congealed. The hazards of being a reporter, I concluded. I had to admit, though, those guys had spunk...
Even President Carter had to admit last week that Kennedy's strategy at the moment is "brilliant." While building support with broad hints that he is available to run, the Senator has so far refrained from openly challenging the President and thus risking a bloody party brawl. He would prefer to see Carter pushed out of the race by pressure from the party and the dismal evidence of the polls. Late last week the President was hit with the most staggering poll news to date: an Associated Press-NBC News survey indicated that only 19% of the Americans polled...
Addressing some 1,000 retired people in Hartford, Carter cracked, "As much as I admire you as retired persons, I must admit that I am not yet tempted to join your ranks any time soon." Then he assured the audience that there would be sufficient heating oil on hand for the winter, an issue of special concern for New Englanders, and announced the creation of an office in Boston to coordinate the handling of emergency fuel oil shortages, should any arise. He also said that he had asked the nation's largest oil companies to freeze the price...
...students cannot multiply 671 by 402 and get the right answer: 269,742. And the same multiplication problem baffles one-third of all 13-year-olds. Of course, young Americans may prosper without ever solving that particular problem, provided they never have to print up enough tickets to admit 671 people to exactly 402 rock concerts. But the problem makes a point for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a nonprofit organization, which included it, along with hundreds of others, in the latest N.A.E.P. survey of the nation's math skills, released last week. The point: as measured...