Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first to admit that in practical terms she can not initiate any legislation which would pass or stop apartheid bills, Mrs. Suzman is convinced that even if she is only a token, it is important to keep the voice of liberalism alive. Another function which she feels she performs is continuing to elicit information from the government, information which without her questioning, would never be aired...
...There's this monster in the attic, but we don't want to admit we've built it or even admit that it's there," says Watkins.In his true-life-story-which-could-easily-happen-to-you-and-yours, he tries to make us face the monster. The actors are for the most part local citizens, amateurs. The film was made on location, much of it with a hand-held camera. The result is a film as gripping--and as distant--as any documentary of Nazi war crimes...
...recognized everywhere as a defeat for us, and we would have to face the consequences"; the most important consequence "would be the psychological and political impact of our defeat." The nations of South and Southeast Asia, he writes, "would feel much less secure if the U.S. were forced to admit defeat at the hands of Communist insurgents. Such an outcome would send a massive psychological tremor through all these countries, further threatening their stability and perhaps sharply shifting their present international orientation." A U.S. defeat, he believes, "would seem to be proof positive of the Maoist doctrine that what...
...that the extension of the deadline does not apply to the thousands of Arabs who once filled the dreary Palestine refugee camps, sapping the economy and disturbing the peace of the West Bank. Those professional refugees are not wanted back under any conditions. But Israel is perfectly willing to admit "hardship cases" -such as children separated from their parents. And it is willing to continue the return flow of legitimate farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen who can contribute to the economy of their homeland. The applications of at least 21,000 such refugees have already been approved, but more than...
...director, Miss Switzer will draw the same $26,000 annual salary as before, though she will now hold down the biggest administrative job of any woman in government. At a time when the whole philosophy of welfare is undergoing thorough reassessment, she is the first to admit the shortcomings of the present system. The trouble with most welfare programs, she admits, "is that it is easier to support people on relief than to come to grips with the problems that put them there." Agreeing with critics who charge that welfare programs put a "premium on not working, rather than working...