Word: admitting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...admission of that rise-in what would surely have been considered highly serious moral infractions only a short time ago." The number of people who say that they know someone who commits adultery has risen from 24% to 36% since 1964; 15% now-v. 10% then-virtually admit to instances of adultery in their own family. In other areas, 13% know someone whose child uses marijuana, 59% know someone who drinks too much, 22% know someone who gambles too much, and 11%-or one out of every nine Americans-know someone who is a homosexual. In each instance, that "someone...
When it comes to judging themselves rather than others, substantial minorities of Americans admit to committing either illegal or immoral acts, many of which they tend to take for granted. For instance, 30% nationwide admit to having cheated on an examination; 19% admit to having taken advantage of a cashier's error (32% of the young); 16% say that they have taken an employer's supplies or equipment without his permission; 13% have ignored parking tickets (20% of the college-educated); 12% have walked out of a store with something they didn...
...final report gave Bradley a lead of five points, with Yorty gaining. Muchmore's sampling put Bradley 17 points ahead. Both surveys, however, indicated a large undecided vote. The trouble with any poll involving a Negro candidate, of course, is that many of those interviewed are reluctant to admit to racial prejudice. Some who succumbed to Yorty's argument and their own fears may have chosen not to say so when they were confronted with the question...
...civil rights violations connected with the shooting ended after eight days. The nine were singled out after an FBI investigation of the case. Defense and prosecution testimony produced deeply conflicting versions of the violence. The disturbances were touched off by the refusal of a white bowling alley to admit Negroes. This led to demonstrations by students at South Carolina State College and adjacent Claflin College, both predominantly Negro institutions. Three nights of rioting, arson and sniping followed, and the National Guard was called in. On the fourth night, the shooting occurred...
...contribution to Agenda for the Nation, a Brookings Institution study of U.S. issues prepared last year for the incoming Administration, Reischauer says it is high time to admit that "continental China ruled from Peking is the true, historical China." The U.S. stand, he suggests, "should be that we recognize the existence of two separate political entities, whatever their names; that both merit representation in the United Nations; that we would not oppose reconciliation between Taiwan and the mainland if it should come; but that in the meantime the unit ruled from Peking is obviously the country assigned the permanent seat...