Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...point at which the central government was forced to acknowledge it openly. Warsaw television showed a 2½-minute film segment of overturned autos and charred buildings in Gdansk-but no protesting workers. Premier Józef Cyrankiewicz appeared on TV prime time to deplore the riots and to admit "a number of dead in the teens." The toll was undoubtedly higher; the first nongovernment estimate was at least 20 killed and 700 injured. Among the dead were "officials," meaning police. Indirectly, the Premier indicated that some of the demonstrators were armed; troops, he admitted, had fired on the crowds...
...Knowlton is the first to admit that there has always been something unique in the attitudes of Americans in arms. It was noticed, he says, by the Prussian Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a military adviser to Washington's army: "When he was at Valley Forge, Von Steuben observed that you cannot just tell an American soldier what to do, you always have to tell...
...loss at West Point was the first defeat for a Harvard track team since 1968 when Army again was the spoiler. "I'd have to admit that I was disappointed," McCurdy commented. "but there were some positive elements...
...effective witness for the prosecution. When Calley stared at him, he stared back steadily. When one of the defense attorneys, Richard Kay, shouted at him, trying to establish that Conti had been a heavy user of marijuana while in Viet Nam, he coolly denied it. Conti did admit when pressed that at the time of the My Lai operation he was being treated for a venereal disease...
...twice-a-day encounter-group sessions, fellow members tell of extraordinary yearnings for a smoke, and a surprising number admit that they are still yielding. A palefaced Alan says: "I've been so seasick all day that I haven't had a chance to think about smoking, but as soon as I'm well, I'll start again. I'm weak, I know I'm weak." Obviously, Alan's motivation is already shaky: "You can't just stand around at cocktail parties smoking a carrot," he complains...