But even she must privately concede that here the museum would be special.

Consequently, the question, many city and state elected officials privately concede, is not whether, but how much.

Union officials concede privately that having broken the pattern they may have to consider doing it again.

Senior Conservatives now concede privately that they are likely to remain behind until polling day.

The Democrats privately concede that they may be 8 points down in Ohio.

Local businessmen and government officials had privately conceded something had to be done about the race problem.

Gore, who had privately conceded the election to Bush, withdrew his concession.

Many of the owners had privately conceded that an increase in pay was well justified and overdue.

And the reasons are somewhat mystifying, as some of the company's executives concede privately.