Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since one person's magic is another's malocchio (evil eye), Italy's status-seeking magicians are encountering the problem of union men everywhere. Solidarity is unattainable, because no magician will admit that anyone but himself and a few of his close friends possesses true powers. The Magician of Rome, for instance, considers last week's demonstration organized by his Tobruk rival to be highly unprofessional, though he agrees with its aims: "Too long have we been taken for figures of ridicule. We have waited thousands of years for professional status. We can go on waiting...
...first thing for them to do is to admit they have very little power to stop assassinations and riots, or even to elect presidents--for this is the case, even if they do learn about the news first. That admission will free them from their guilt, make them work harder at finding solutions that may even divide (which is the solution of pluralism anyway...
...last Saturday night Leven had not yet totalled up the week's receipts and the show was still on. He was beginning to admit many of his original conceptual decisions were mistakes. He was already planning an entirely new shown. For one thing, the solo piano accompaniment could not adequately serve the relatively large theatre; Leven would have to experiment with recordings and tapes if the whole audience was to become involved. If only the money lasted, the current revue would become a testing ground for new material and techniques...
...revenues?will be on hand at the end of the current fiscal year (June 30). Whether or not that should entitle taxpayers to collect it on this year's tax returns (filing deadline: April 15) may be a fine point of finance, but Unruh was the first to admit that it mattered a great deal politically. "He has no right," he objected, "to keep it in the state treasury just so he'll look good as a tax cutter in an election year." He hinted that Democrats might tie up passage of the budget in the Assembly unless...
...Business School committed almost $100,000 of its scholarship funds to help black students in a resolve to admit between 25 and 30 in the enter- ing M.B.A. class this past fall. Since we are prohibited by Massachusetts law from obtaining photographs or asking any questions pertaining to race or religion of applicants for admission, precise information is not easy to come by, but there can be no doubt that the number of students from disadvantaged groups, especially black students, shows a marked increase this year in this and in other departments of the University. It is interesting, too, that...