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Word: admittedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...generous article [TIME, June 24] you list me among the American Rhodes scholars who have earned their Oxford "blue." It is pleasant to be placed in such company, but I must regretfully admit that, as an athlete, my enthusiasm far exceeded my prowess. I played rugby for my college (Queens) and was a member of its Athletic Club (track team), but the chasm between a mere college "color" and a varsity "blue" was far too wide for me to leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 15, 1946 | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

Lapham has restored the confidence of San Franciscans in city government. Handsome, black-bearded Eugene Schmitz left an odor behind him that 19 years of Rolph and twelve years of Florist Rossi, honest as they were, never quite dispelled. Even Lapham's loudest critics admit his courage and integrity, and agree that he has raised the mayoralty to a high plane. Lapham himself is waiting for the voters' decision on July 16 with considerable suspense. He takes pride in his job. He wants more than anything else to go on serving San Francisco until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: City I Love | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...feature will admit the presence of a "lot of quacks in the field today," but at the same time will prove that there is a considerable amount of authentically scientific information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: March of Time to Film Lecture by Hooton in Week | 7/9/1946 | See Source »

...During these two months, I have read a pack of fantastic stories about my person. It is easy to understand all they invent . . . about Russia. One says, they make up stories because the Russians allegedly do not admit Americans into their country. By the way, I know a great many American journalists in Moscow. There are among them conscientious men, and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Thanks & Goodbye! | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

...cancers (i.e., where the growths were not so large that their dissolution would cause malfunctions). One inoperable throat cancer, Drs. Roskin & Kluyeva report, disappeared in two weeks. In an unspecified number of other cases KR "reduced" or partially destroyed cancer. But a lot more evidence is needed, the doctors admit, before the usefulness of KR can be safely evaluated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: KR for Cancer | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

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