It's not easy to admit that you can't just come to the rescue for your little sister.

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However, although it has been easy to re-admit Russians into the social and cultural life of Europe, fitting Russia into the European political order has proved harder.

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But it's not easy for a regulator to admit that his earlier decision was wrong.

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The unwillingness to admit that easy access to guns is a huge factor in events like this is just astonishing.

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And while the experts find it easy to diagnose problems, they admit solutions are harder to find - particularly at a time when the financial industry is under pressure to roll out new banking apps and other online services.

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You're the intermediary between two worlds, which isn't easy, because Ivy League schools tend to admit the blandest, most assimilated, least-ethnic minorities you can imagine.

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He is the first to admit that measuring the right thing is not easy, and he has wasted money by measuring the wrong things.

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Truth is, easy is rarely an option--whether you're trying to ice a romantic relationship or admit to blowing an investor's money on a bet gone sour.

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