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Word: admittedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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There aren't many veterans of the blizzard of '88 still in College, and they don't write letters to newspapers asking about Santa Claus; some of them won't even, admit that this was a hell of a snow fall. One grisly octogenarian had remarked on a certain Sunday, "They don't make storms like that any more," but on December 26 he happened to hold up a damp finger in the wind, shattering all his illusions and allusions to the past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: S'No Fun | 1/6/1948 | See Source »

...doesn't like to admit it in front of the Tsarevich," she added in a stage whisper, "but His Imperial Majesty is simply fascinated by Stalin-mais tout aàfait épris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOSTS ON THE ROOF | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...week, but did not give the exact number still held. Said one German prisoner's wife last week: "My letters to Russian officials in Berlin and Moscow remain unanswered. I think they do not know themselves whom they have, and do not wish to admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PLAIN PEOPLE: Economic Assets | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...Said Sir Denys Bray, British Foreign Secretary, in 1923: "Come what may, civilization must be made to penetrate these inaccessible mountains or we must admit that there is no solution to the Waziristan problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAZIRISTAN: Recessional | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Radiomen, who vie viciously with one another to decorate their Christmas programs with boughs of Hollywood, admit that they have all been outvied this season by a boyish Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Patrick Peyton had under his Christmas tree two of radio's choicest sugarplums: his popular, weekly Family Theater (Thurs. 10 p.m., Mutual), with a performance of Anatole France's Our Lady's Juggler, and a special, Peyton-inspired, star-studded dramatization of the Nativity, The Joyful Hour, aired last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hit | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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