State social services officials and advocates for the poor concede that the program is stigmatized by a pervasive stereotype.

Even many advocates of privatization concede the point.

But there are also stretches of waterfront that even the most optimistic advocates concede may not be accessible to the public in the foreseeable future.

Some advocates of sanctions concede that they cost black jobs.

Some advocates of the fundamentalist cause concede that in some ways, their movement has stalled.

But this was a time when even advocates of modern architecture had conceded that the movement's impact on the urban fabric had been destructive.

But most advocates concede that staffing requirements will be a decision for the states for the foreseeable future.

Even some advocates of the deal concede that the savings are exaggerated, though it is impossible to say just how much.

Bloated industrial enterprises would no doubt need to shed millions of employees, the plan's advocates concede.

Even the program's advocates concede that kinetic weapons provide only a partial defense.