21.   Bonnie St. John Deane could have admitted defeat at an early age.

22.   -- Welch has a record of admitting defeat and cutting his losses.

23.   Admitting defeat, he gave the rights to his son Michael Douglas, who got the producer Sol Zaentz and Forman involved.

24.   After a day or so trying to repair damage caused by a program for children, a colleague finally admitted defeat, reformatted his hard drive and started over.

25.   All that remains is for the owners to find an honorable way to admit defeat.

26.   But I was not ready to admit defeat.

27.   China Trade Bill Edges Near Victory Opponents of a decisive China trade bill refused to admit defeat and vowed to step up their lobbying over the weekend.

28.   Environmentalists, who have argued for more money to protect the land and water, are admitting defeat, saying they feel betrayed.

29.   European Union energy ministers failed to agree on a plan to open electricity markets to competition, admitting defeat in reaching their yearend deadline.

30.   Finally, six months after the letter, Schlichtemeier admitted defeat, and the partnership decided to sell land it owned for the deal to Columbia.