Word: admit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...application of other parts of the laws there is an even greater weakness--wide powers of arbitrary decision for individual immigration officials and the Attorney General. And while the law allows these men to decide whether or not to admit immigrants or visitors, it lacks provisions for appeal of these judgments...
Perhaps the most horrible mistake is the Young Progressive's history occurred in the fall of 1949 December 6 to be exact. That night the Y.P.'s accused the Combined Charities Drive of "deliberate fraud and misrepresentation" and two hours afterwards had to admit they were entirely wrong. The Club charged that the Student Council in a "deliberate design to misrepresent" has asked the name of one of the six groups on the Combined Charities list...
...speaks the language fluently, seemed to be the man to make the most of a chance for negotiations, should it come. Just why Acheson and Kennan thought that the Russians were about ready for a settlement is not clear: there was no concrete evidence. Senior State Department officials now admit that it was just a hopeful hunch...
...most pervasive of all religions, and theologically one of the most accommodating. In the 2,500 years since Gautama Buddha first preached his doctrines in India, they have spread over Asia like a billowing saffron robe. In the process, Buddhist doctrines have been porous enough to admit and blend with local beliefs, such as spirit-worship in Burma, Confucianism in China, and the ancestor worship of Japanese Shinto...
...delivers 14 numbers, ranging from Il Trovatore and Cavalleria Rusticana arias to All the Things You Are, in a variety of settings, from an opera stage and a nightclub to an army guardhouse and a telephone booth. As one of the characters in the picture remarks: "I'll admit there's nothing wrong with his throat, but that...