Word: fessing
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...works and I don’t like it. You have to be honest about who you are, and that means admitting you have huge blind spots for a certain kind of movie and there are other kinds of movies you are almost actually allergic to but you gotta fess up to that. I can tell you a movie...
...Countries ... must learn from the SARS experience, and that is: fess up as soon as you find a case, as quickly as possible." ALEXANDER DOWNE, Australian Foreign Minister, on the deadly outbreak of bird flu in Southeast Asia...
...some objectors, like Reagan's family, acted out of genuine offense. But this, like most political battles, was mainly about one principle: winning. You fight to prove you can. To command deference. To convince people they're better off messing with the other guy's icons. For that matter, 'fess up, liberals: Were you truly offended that Rush Limbaugh made himself a bad role model and hypocrite by abusing OxyContin--or were you just happy that one of the other guys went down...
...some objectors, like Reagan's family, acted out of genuine offense. But this, like most political battles, was mainly about one principle: winning. You fight to prove you can. To command deference. To convince people they're better off messing with the other guy's icons. For that matter, 'fess up, liberals: Were you truly offended that Rush Limbaugh made himself a bad role model and hypocrite by abusing OxyContin - or were you just happy that one of the other guys went down...
...recording industry is expected to unveil an "amnesty program": illegal file sharers can fess up before they're hit with a lawsuit. But first they must destroy all their downloads. DON'T EXPECT CHEERS...