Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, all the world was divided into those who were virgins and those who were not. My friends and I, all of whom fitted somewhat ambivalently into the former category, were too sophisticated to admit seriously that we thought you were different once you'd done it, but that's what we thought. There was a general consensus as to who had and who hadn't: you could tell. And if one of our group had crossed the line, I think a wave of confused emotions would have swept us all--a mixture of jealousy...
...introduced the public to two men whose white aprons proclaim them to be Price and Pride. Price-hair parted down the middle, wire-rimmed glasses, collar pin-looks like a study in fiscal conservatism; Pride, bow-tied and portly, looks expansive. In print and on TV they humbly admit that the supermarket chain let them get separated ("Pride was forced to take a back seat...
What is that supposed to mean? Officials of A. & P. and McCann-Erickson Inc., which created the campaign, admit that they have trouble putting the idea into more explicit words. But if stated bluntly, the message might go something like this: A. & P.'s three-year WEO ("Where Economy Originates") drive was a disastrous blunder. The chain went all out to undercut competitors' prices at the expense of quality; brand-name goods became scarce on the shelves, and many stores were allowed to become dirty. Result: customers abandoned A. & P. in droves for rival chains...
Even TM officials admit that 20% to 25% of the people who try TM give it up after a while. Others claim the apostasy rate is still higher. One of those who quit is Victor Zukowski, owner of a Sharon, Mass., beauty parlor. "Look, I really tried," he says. "I paid my $125, attended all the sessions, and submitted to a ridiculous initiation ceremony. I meditated for six months, and do you know what happened? I fell asleep ev ery time. I just don't think it's right to charge people $125 for nothing...
...time did we ever discuss any financial arrangements with them about the publication of an article in Rolling Stone." He did, however, admit that a book project was discussed and later abandoned...