However, the city administration in Detroit was in no position to admit that the industrial sector was economically unsustainable and "did not heed the wake-up call of declining population until it got to the point of bankruptcy" (Khan 2013).
As the communications director of one of the web's biggest sites admits, "we're not in a position to have an in-depth conversation.
"We are not in a position to address people's concerns about water, electricity, and jobs," Farooq admitted.
He admits that anger was a motivating force – "anger on behalf of the people who are not in a position to express it" – and he is still angry about a lot of things, not least the UK's recent election.
He admitted "occasionally it looks as if the householder is the criminal", but added: "Well, the householder is not in a position to exercise calm, cool, judgement.
At Wimbledon, Martin said he did not think McEnroe should vacate his captain's chair but yesterday admitted that he had to "hedge," now that Sampras and Agassi are injured and out, putting Martin in a position to play two singles matches.
"I'm not in a position in my career to confront him there, or whatever," said Hefner, who admitted he was surprised because he was feeling good.
To be in this position is to admit that it needs some additional value too.
Ferguson describes Smith as "candid" in admitting that he did not foresee the events at Srebenica in the summer of 1995, but Smith suggests that, even had the genocide been foreseen, UNPROFOR was not in any position to prevent it.
The national authorities admitted not being in a position enabling them to formulate their cooperation requirements since they were mostly satisfied with the opening of an exclusive dialogue with the EU.
