Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Here we go again: the boy-meets-boy love story, the bro-mance. The guys are obliged to hate each other, then love each other, then be separated and reunited. Whatever my reservations about the Apatow-sponsored bro-mances, I have to admit that they know what they're about and aren't shy proclaiming it. In Knocked Up, two frustrated guys get away from their women and have a grand time in Vegas: a quickie affair (without the sex) between people who really like each other. In Superbad the horny teen-boys literally end up in the sack together...
...achieve that succulent victory, Step Brothers says, is by singing the Andrea Bocelli Por Ti Volare, accompanied by a drum solo. Even a grump has to admit it. That made me laugh...
...just admit it: John McCain is a long shot. He's got a heroic personal story, and being white has never hurt a presidential candidate, but on paper 2008 just doesn't look like his year. And considering what's happening off paper, it might be time to ask the question the horse-race-loving media are never supposed to ask: Is McCain a no-shot...
...neither candidate is purely ideological in his views. They are both willing to grapple with external realities, even if they would prefer to sidestep the potential trade-offs of their respective positions. When pressed, Obama will admit that the U.S. has a military responsibility to make sure Iraq "doesn't collapse," allowing that his timelines can be adjusted. Similarly, McCain will admit that there is only so far any leader can push against American public opinion, allowing for the possibility of withdrawal before total victory. "When the American people don't support a war," McCain said last year, "then...
...categories over the past decade, it has begun to skyrocket among those minors who say they drink. The most recent official figures show that 12% of people under the age of 18 qualify as regular drinkers, compared with 22% among adults. However, 26% of those frequently consuming French minors admit to having been repeatedly drunk within the previous year, compared with just 5.5% among their adult counterparts. Worse still, fully half of 17-year-olds reported having been drunk at least once during the previous month...