Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like Ely Culbertson, P. Hal Sims, and most other famed contract experts, the Four Aces admit that they are the best bridge players, individually and collectively, in the world...
...only $196 in the till, Chicago had the biggest brokerage failure in 15 years. Hoagland & Allum never belonged to a stock exchange, did belong to the Investment Bankers Association until 1932. That year it went through reorganization and the I. B. A. refused to admit it to membership again. Subsequent operations were rarely successful and the firm got deeper & deeper in the hole, claimed to be engaged in such bizarre business as buying pistols and rifles for British and Chinese syndicates, staved off creditors with talk that Milton Snavely Hershey, the chocolate magnate, was about to give...
...must admit that much of the vitality of America today is due to the constant infusion of new ideas, new energies, new slants on things. We may not choose to swallow any of the 'isms' whole, but certainly we are not so vain, nor so biggotted as to feel we can gain nothing from a philosophy which differs from our own. Grant Wiprud...
...present achievements are due to his deep understanding of human nature and his sincere graciousness. You must admit that a man 35 years of age who understands every type of student and wins their confidence is truly an accomplished person. ... As for his "waddling around the campus" this is in error ; President Wells is very deliberate and spirited in his walk despite his 228 pounds which he carries very well...
...Illinois primaries (sec p. 13), Editor Harris might have felt some justifiable pride in having helped. But he was too full of worries. There was not enough money in The Beacon's till to pay for printing the first anniversary issue, now a fortnight overdue. Not ready to admit he was licked. Sydney Harris last week broadcast a final appeal for help...