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Word: admittedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...General had to change his story in several important details. He had repeatedly said that he had "lost his socks" in the market. The fact was, as he now admitted, that in about five months of commodity trading he had garnered a profit of $6,165, more than doubled his investment (he had previously lost more than $11,000 in stocks). He also had to admit that he had put out an inaccurate statement from the White House. He had said last month that he quit the market right after President Truman's angry denunciation of speculators in October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Babe In the Woods | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...been said that the mark of a good editorial policy is that it will admit its mistakes; that's what we're going to do now, if only to get into the big leagues. The policy of this paper, so invariably sound, fell prey to an error that has on occasion snared such august journals as the New York Times or the Yale Daily News; it became a false Cassandra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fever Chart | 1/24/1948 | See Source »

...Many a school board and school superintendent will agree that preparation for science means hard work in mathematics but are unwilling to admit that the comparable disciplines of literature . . . are necessary to a liberal education. Though the remark may sound austere, it is still true that the study of Greek offers the finest discipline that may be had in literature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: It Comes Hard | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

Undergraduate Houses will admit 173 men at mid-year graduation instead of the originally announced 75, Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37 disclosed yesterday, as this term's House members signified overwhelming preference to retain the current loaded enrollments rather than "deconvert" back to 1946 levels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Make Room for 173 At Mid - Years | 1/16/1948 | See Source »

...Constitution of the Student Council must be amended to admit of the complete election of its members. David M. Heer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 1/7/1948 | See Source »

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