Word: admit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dandy, owns 18 suits, 18 pairs of slacks. He owns more than 150 neckties, all bows. Once, when the Welches were vacationing at Lake Winnipesaukee, the house in Walpole was looted. Joe was horrified when he had to make out a list of his losses. "I cannot admit that I have 150 neckties," he groaned, so he told the police that 75 were stolen...
...study how humans behave, not only as individuals, but, more importantly, as members of a group or particular social setting. Eventually, the experts hope to find some basic laws about behavior which in turn may lead to the easing of various types of tensions. So far, the scholars admit, their efforts have been fumbling, and a good many of the experts are still hard put to say just exactly what human relations is. Among the centers that have mushroomed across the nation...
...control over the academic life of the student represents Amherst's greatest single attribute and attraction to them. With such a community tough, radical courses, which would never be selected by the students in a free elective college, can be required of an entire class. As instructors candidly admit, they have a captive audience...
...listing includes only those houses which agree that they will admit students regardless of their race, creed, or national origin...
Most students admit, however, that Bard is a far from ideal place in which to spend an entire year, or even a month, unbroken. Each Friday, therefore, a fairly large number board trains, drive automobiles, or simply hitchhike the 95 miles to New York City...