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Word: confessing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...overnight Republican, he won 51% in his runoff victory for the statehouse seat he holds. The latest polls show him with 25% going into the Oct. 6 primary against incumbent J. Bennett Johnston's 42%, but Duke claims he has a secret vote from people who will not confess their preference to pollsters. This was the case in his 1989 victory, and pollster Susan Howell says Duke "flies below radar." But as he becomes more acceptable, more familiar on the scene, more identified with nonracist politics (like his defeat of Governor Buddy Roemer's tax increase), there is less reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Duke's Addictive Politics | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System," you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the bad guys--rather than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 8/14/1990 | See Source »

...gotten older, I have put the Sox' problems in the proper perspective. I do actually enjoy going to games when the Red Sox lose. I have no trouble watching a game without slamming my fist down. And, though it opened a few healing wounds, I must confess that I hardly resisted the opportunity to relive the 1986 fiasco through Roger Angell's Season Ticket...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Sox Angst Heats Up Yet Again | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...allegations as "the figment of someone's imagination." Meanwhile, Carlos Lehder Rivas, the once powerful Colombian drug lord who is now in a U.S. federal prison in Marion, Ill., awaiting appeal on his life sentence for drug charges, has written to Noriega. He advised his fellow prisoner to confess all and save himself the trouble and expense of a trial. That's advice Noriega is likely to ignore as long as he is able to continue vexing his enemies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama: Sincerely, Manuel | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System," you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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