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Word: admittede (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There may have been a period when the situation was so tense that it bred trouble and when it was necessary to disperse groups congregating on street corners. . . . State assistance had been sought by the judge, mayor, sheriff and other officials who had admitted themselves unable to cope with the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 7, 1939 | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

But unavoidably Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada had to bring it up the next day. Author of an amendment to the Spend-Lend Bill, to restore prevailing wage-rates on WPA projects, he admitted his cause had been "greatly impaired." The Senate quickly slapped down his amendment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 25 Lousy Cents! | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

> Tacitly admitted that his opening day attendance figure of 605,000 was loaded. (Corrected figure: 222,704 paid admissions, 38,938 passes. Error: 343,358.)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Customers Wanted | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

Although the Jesuits, all men, teach thousands of women, no woman had ever before been named to such a high administrative post in a Jesuit college. But to Fordham's president, the Rev. Robert I. Gannon, Miss King's promotion was "logical," since Fordham has more than 3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fordham's King | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

Last week the Senate Banking and Currency Committee put new Federal Loan Administrator Jesse H. Jones on the carpet, asked him about the success of Federal lending. To a query about the amount of losses on RFC loans to business, the retiring RFC Chairman admitted: "I am ashamed to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: New Lender | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

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