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Word: admittedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must admit that this is the first time I've ever heard sin being referred to as "an alternative life-style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 14, 1977 | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...when all the votes were counted at the City Council meeting last Monday, the mayor had to admit defeat--even he voted for the ordinance that allows the controversial gene-splicing research to continue at MIT and Harvard--and Vellucci's vote made the decision unanimous...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: DNA Is Here to Stay | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

...DECISION of Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale to admit women to their hallowed halls early in the '70s put a great deal of pressure on the female branch of the Ivy League to follow suit and open their doors to men. Each of the Seven Sisters responded differently to that pressure: Vassar admitted men outright; Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley settled for sedate exchange programs with neighboring men's colleges; and Radcliffe and Barnard merged with their parent (male) universities. In I'm Radcliffe, Fly Me!, Livia Baker examines the success of each of the routes, and the direct...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Fighting Feminine Deference | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...just this refusal to address the moral issues involved in the tragedy of Vietnam that makes the Carter pardon unacceptable. An unconditional, universal amnesty for all Vietnam-era draft resisters is the only acceptable solution. By failing to admit that the government's Vietnam policy was horribly wrong and that those who opposed that immoral policy in the only way they could were right, the pardon fails to serve the needs of those who were the victims and in many ways the greatest heroes of that time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Unconditional, Universal Amnesty | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...church." Nonetheless, delegations of U.S. Catholic priests, nuns and laity meeting in Detroit last October appealed publicly for the ordination of women priests. Last week the Vatican formally declared that no matter what other churches may do, the Roman Catholic Church "does not consider herself authorized to admit women to priestly ordination." The decision will endure through Paul's lifetime and probably for years beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pope Paul to Women: Keep Out | 2/7/1977 | See Source »

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