"I did, Sir," she said, without even a flicker of emotion as she admitted violating at least five separate articles of war.

The company did not admit violating federal accounting regulations, but it agreed to comply with the commission's new accounting standard.

In addition, Salomon also paid big fines in 1992 after it admitted violating rules for bidding at auctions of Government bonds.

But Mr. Yearwood admitted violating a dean's order to stay away from Ms. Clinansmith, and a disciplinary committee recommended his suspension for the spring semester for that.

Weller's fund returned all of the questioned contributions but did not admit deliberately violating any laws.

Neither company admitted violating the law.

Three weeks ago, the International Ski Federation suspended Lynch after he admitted violating the blood-doping bans of the sport's international and national federations.

"I admitted violating the law," he said.

Thailand's attempts to fight corruption became more tangled today when an official on the country's new anti-corruption commission admitted violating its financial disclosure rules and resigned.

And it is those rules that Salomon admits violating.