The defender admitted that he was "very proud" to have been called up to the team.

Koestler, even his defenders admit, was a prickly man with an inferiority complex the size of "a cathedral."

Even America's defenders must admit to the persistence of poverty amid plenty, and, by contrast, the abolition of desperate poverty in Europe.

The public defender admitted defeat to himself.

The Court itself, from time to time, admits that, and more significantly, the defenders of the Court's performance admit it.

Even the staunchest defenders of public school admit that the middle schools in District 15 have a spotty record.

Even his defenders admit that in the final years of his two decades at Howard's helm, the black administrator had grown increasingly remote from the black students and their concerns.

Even Gore's most loyal defenders admit that if he never meant to take sole credit for the creation of the Internet, he phrased it awkwardly.

Even avid defenders of free markets admit that current market forces have not worked well to keep drug prices reasonable.

But even their defenders will admit that gates are not a solution in themselves.