Word: admit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Metcalf's greatness as a librarian lies in his willingness to go beyond the academic tradition, placing his knowledge of library techniques at the disposal of the scholars. He is the first to admit that no administrative solution can be permanent, and that Buck will face the same problems he has faced. But if the durability of Winsor's work is a guide, Metcalf has laid the foundations of library administrative development for many years to come...
...save South Viet Nam from the Communists. But most Americans here conclude, nevertheless, that French actions and policies will have that effect unless they are soon and sharply confined. There are endless skeins of intrigue and sabotage being woven here by lower-echelon Frenchmen, many of whom will privately admit that they would like nothing better than to see the Diem government collapse. French colonialism may be fighting only a rearguard action, but so far it is surprisingly effective...
...rough-and-ready slugger who insists that all he does is "throw punches until something gives," Champion Peele is more of a stylist than he likes to admit. Bobbing, weaving, ducking, he is an elusive target; he knows how to fight his way out of trouble with furious flurries. "He has every punch in the book." says his admiring coach, J. T. Owen. "And he has that something extra-that Dempsey instinct. He wants...
...Though none of my colleagues would admit to being scared, they had a certain nervous look about them that made me think they felt like I did . . . Upon entering the reactor room I noticed Senator Pastore, Democrat, of Rhode Island, taking a quick glance at his [lapel instruments to test radioactivity]. Of course, I am sure it was entirely out of curiosity. I looked at mine, too . . . The atomic reactor was, of course, the center of interest. We were mere inches from lethal, deathly radioactivity. Yet, we could harmlessly place our hands on this still, warm, but quiet source...
...willing to pay any fee to join. With Ned, the fees come high, for he turns out to be a slack-spined, hapless sort who has to be propped up by his family whenever the going gets rough. By the time they call it quits, Christine can admit her romantic error: "It is only when we are mature that we ask nothing of love, when love is itself the far country that is also home." Versatile Novelist Johnson-who is also a critic, a playwright and the wife of British Novelist C. P. (The New Men) Snow-sketches her woman...