Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Joseph Bently; shortly afterward, local authorities arrested him-for murder. Louis Bombacino, a Chicago hoodlum, was given a floor-sweeping job at the Arizona Public Service Co. in Tempe. He was eventually caught peddling irrigation equipment stolen from the company and profiting from a gambling-prostitution ring. Justice officials admit that at least 10% of relocated witnesses are arrested again later, and the Government rarely compensates their unsuspecting victims...
...players relaxed in the whirlpool. He also shook the hand of the mighty Pele and introduced him to a delighted David. Was Kissinger a Cosmos rooter? Said he: "If you know anything about the passions aroused by soccer, you'd know no professional diplomat would ever admit what his favorite team was. It would take more courage than I have...
...master drawings. But Bennett Cerf s ego was a volume in itself, and he hawked his wares as if he were conducting the 1812 Overture-with dash, brass and lots of exploding canons. "Everyone has a streak of pure, unadulterated ham," he proclaimed. "Many won't admit it. I revel...
...disease-causing agents, that plague man. Though adenine arabinoside, which had earlier been tested unsuccessfully as an anticancer drug, has been used experimentally-and with encouraging results-on a variety of herpes infections since 1970, Dr. Alford and his associates are still not sure exactly how it works. They admit that further research must also be done on dosage limits, mode of administration and possible side effects before the drug, which until now has been used only for investigational purposes, becomes available more generally. But they are confident that adenine arabinoside, which has also shown some encouraging effects against such...
...Rochelle, New York, Moses attended New Rochelle High School ("I always went to bed at 10, and I never ate french fries," he recalls). And although he attended Princeton as an undergraduate and went on to receive a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Cornell, he openly admits, "No one's made me feel like an outsider, though I obviously am." Nonetheless, Moses is also quick to admit he doesn't "have problems with certain kinds of elitism--putting together the best people, based on talent and merit. But elitism based on connections, and on the label...