41.   Administration officials admit that some of their targets may seem a bit remote.

42.   Admissions officials admit that when they converted to the new system, they lost the names of hundreds of students interested in applying.

43.   Administration officials admitted that the tightened sanctions could hurt average Cubans, the very people that Washington wants to help.

44.   After all that, persuading Chinese negotiators not to rescind any of their concessions was going to be a challenge, U.S. officials admitted.

45.   After Beijing lost its earlier bid, Australian Olympic officials admitted that they had offered payments to the members of two delegations to vote for Sydney instead of Beijing.

46.   After Perth Amboy officials admitted their mistake, they offered to take Victor to lunch.

47.   Air Force officials admit that the military underestimated its future need for pilots after the Cold War ended.

48.   Against this backdrop it may not be easy, administration officials admit, to calm the eruptions in the Beijing-Washington-Taipei axis.

49.   After years of denials, Chinese officials admitted that the country was facing a serious HIV epidemic.

50.   But Compuserve officials also admitted that they were surprised by the slowdown in subscriber growth.