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Word: admits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Were Dictator," in which various contributors outlined the course they would pusue, were the country placed entirely in their hands. Blandly ignoring the human equation, they graphically describe the birth of various abortive Utopias, most of which are by the Russian Revolution out of the American Constitution. They modestly admit that the child may not be perfect, but nevertheless compare it to the existing regime with a complacent smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UTOPIAS | 1/28/1932 | See Source »

Individuals who say that they "haven't time" for anything but their studies virtually admit that their mental capacity is not great enough to take in a range of occupation. Those people who are active in dramatics or publications almost invariably stand well in their classes since the faculties they employ in these activities serve them well in the class room. --Minnesota Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undergraduate Activities | 1/26/1932 | See Source »

Gigantic, limping Andre Maginot, Minister of War, died last week of typhoid fever. Friends of indomitable old Aristide Briand were forced to admit that he was too sick a man to continue as Foreign Minister. The Cabinet of Pierre Laval tottered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Death & Crisis | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

...look at Author Ford Madox Ford you might think he was one of those adenoidal Englishmen on whose mentality the sun never rises. After reading him you would have to admit yourself mistaken. Though not always graceful he is an agile writer, an anecdotalist of parts and humor, of quite un-British charm. Return to Yesterday is not just another old codger's autobiography. To read it is like being monologued by an expert. Author Ford, though gossipy, is also old-fashioned in his reticences, apologizes for not being even more so. "I have tried to keep myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books, Jan. 18, 1932 | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

Each would admit the other's members to communion, without demanding acceptance of all doctrinal opinion or performance of all liturgical practices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Two Against Rome | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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