Word: admitting
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...honors thesis in American History on a subject concerning Episcopalianism, she had the choice of working for the Girl Scouts or the Central Intelligence Agency. She chose the Girl Scouts, eventually becoming a community organizer and welfare rights advocate. In 1961, after the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) started to admit women as graduate students, she returned to Cambridge...
Juan Carlos and the men behind him hope that a few minor gestures in the direction of "western-style" democracy will induce Western European countries to admit Spain to the Common Market and to NATO, as they refused when Franco was alive. But at the same time as Juan Carlos urged that "Europe must take Spain into account" he reaffirmed the "right of each people to organize itself politically in accordance with its own nature"--which means that Europe should not expect any substantive change in Spanish politics as a condition for admittance...
...first novel in four years, V.S. Naipaul, 43, again proves himself the laureate of the West Indies. As he would admit, that distinction is not without irony. Naipaul once called this locale the "end of the world," and he should know. Born in Trinidad of Indian parents and educated in England, he is a native expatriate with a fine distaste for patriotic rhetoric. In The Loss of El Dorado he outlined the history of his birthplace as a danse macabreof oppressors and oppressed...
Both women admit that ten years ago they would not have made an elective bid. "Phoenix is a conservative town; there were not enough visible women in politics, courts or appointive offices at that time," says Hance. "An 18-hour day would also have demanded too much time away from my growing family...
...government is a different approach. She is more aware of juvenile problems because she is more aware of juvenile problems because she lives with the children. Her way of looking is not necessarily better, just a different perspective. She's less afraid to ask questions, and not embarrassed to admit that she doesn't know something...