admit, sense 1
And two days ago, the Fed slashed the rate at which it lends to banks itself to 6 1/2 percent. But banks are reluctant to pass those lower rates on to borrowers. Bankers freely admit they are taking advantage of their lower cost of funds to improve weak earnings. In that, they have the sympathy of regulators who are anxious to avoid major bank failures.
admit, sense 1 (but similar toadmit sense 2)
The Los Angeles Times today reports that Iraq has explosive devices with the equivalent destructive power of small nuclear bombs. Pentagon officials admit the US has no ready defense against fuel air explosives.
admit, sense 1
These mountain lions have a right to be here. Wildlife experts say they really don't know that much about the way mountain lions behave around people. They also admit they don't know as much as they'd like about how mountain lions live in the wild. The big cats range over a wide area, making data hard to collect.
admit, sense 4
Chandler was twice governor of Kentucky and served in the US Senate before he become major league baseball's second commissioner. He is also remembered for his decision to admit Jackie Robinson as the first black player in the major leagues.
recognize,sense 1
Their first television ad is a considerably softer sell, a voice most Americans will recognize, respect and even trust: actress Angela Lansbury.
recognize,sense 1
Handling praise is a fine art. First you must recognize praise. It can be subtle, for instance, when it comes in the form of a quick glance or in the hidden flattery of imitation. Do you automatically dismiss compliments or tune them out?
recognize,sense 2 or 3
The Eupik of Alaska live in the wilderness, but their teachers come from the lower 48 states. Their schools often don't recognize the Eupik culture. Joan McGrath: When we first came, one of the tests they gave asked the children, 'What is the north star? Is it a boat? Is it a constellation? Is it a--something else?'
recognize,sense 2
They told Baker they were meeting him with the open consent of the PLO. They gave Baker an 11-point document calling on the US to apply UN resolutions to Israel, recognize the rights of the Palestinian people to an independent state and convene an international peace conference. Faisal Husseini, the head of the delegation, told reporters after the meeting...
recognize,sense 4
Yes, I'm glad that they recognize the fact that it wasn't the manager who got all those players hurt and all those high-priced players ineffective. We not only have baseball going on, but we've got football started now...
accept, sense 1
"You're as beautiful as ever." This time, she knew she blushed deeply. No man had told her she was beautiful in years, let alone in a supermarket. It felt so strange to hear it, to accept it as a compliment, so good, so overdue; she was determined to enjoy it, let it take her where it might.
accept, sense 2
But there is room for compromise. Some House Democrats are signaling they may accept a higher tax on gasoline. Some Senate Republicans indicated they would accept higher taxes on the rich through even stricter limits on deductions. But they say they would draw the line at higher income tax rates.
accept, sense 3
...subvert the foreign faith by offering something so similar that no one would see the point of changing sides, or whether there were among the Bon priests those who were willing to accept the truth wherever they mightfind it, is not known. What is known is that this was the start of a period of exchange that lasted centuries. Tibetan Buddhism, like its Japanese counterpart...
accept, sense 4
The growth-oriented medical system trains people to accept inequity as theprice of progress. Indeed, issues of equity and justice can be most effectively co-opted by the belief that the next professional-technological breakthrough will bring health...