"I think people are still uneasy about him," one adviser conceded.

Mr. Bradley's advisers concede that the inviting climate for their candidate is not merely of his own making.

But, the adviser conceded: "President Bush is a blank too.

But, as other advisers conceded, the strategy backfired.

But just as we were getting ready to leave, one adviser conceded there were still a few unknown unknowns.

The trouble, as the advisers concede, is that they no longer see much chance of getting it.

Mr. McCain's advisers had conceded that a loss here would have effectively ended the contest.

There was another problem that confronted the President, his advisers conceded.

His own advisers concede that the whole subject of job insecurity and wages bores him.

"The psychological factor is there," an adviser to the royal family conceded.