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Word: admittedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Then it laid into Fleet Admiral Ernest King. He had "used the high office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the claim of military secrecy for the purpose of preventing the Congress and the people from discontinuing a costly blunder by a fellow officer who was unwilling to admit his mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Lest We Forget | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Part of the French disillusionment reflects itself in the extreme elevation of money to the position of the most worthwhile and therefore the most desired object in and possession of life. Many Frenchmen openly admit that money is the only thing in life they have an interest in now. A dollar now brings a top price of 185 francs. The foreign visitor to France must trade his money illegally to live; it is not a matter of making a profit at the expense of the French--the opposite is more likely...

Author: By Donald M. Bllnken, | Title: Report From France | 8/30/1946 | See Source »

...thing I will admit is wrong with most soap opera is cliffhanging. I never, never, cliff-hang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Queen's Plaything | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...first time a Negro had ever played Class AA ball without being passed off as a Cuban, a Mexican, or an Indian and there were a good many skeptics who said that it wouldn't work. By last week some of them would admit they were wrong: Jackie Robinson was the International League's leading batsman (.378) and Montreal's standout star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jackie Makes Good | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

...individual nations hesitantly promised help to bridge the tragic gap. Brazil announced that she would admit 100,000 (preferably skilled industrial workers) in a year. However, Brazil was ready to receive only 1,000 families by Oct. 1. Other Latin American countries were "exploring the possibility" of taking in refugees. In the U. S., richest of all the D.P.s' dreamlands, no serious effort to revise the narrow quota immigration system was being made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: The Roofless House | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

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