Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...become and be a good President simply by sitting down behind the Presidential desk, while another man would not be a good President in spite of the elaborate (and expensive, you must admit) inauguration that put him into office...
...tentative boundary of the "science" is set as the "state," as the "all-pervasive instrumentally for social control," but he wisely extends this limit in his final chapter by admitting that many other social institutions manifest conditions of social control not unlike those of the state. Clearly, this is true. The "state" is a legal concept associated with comparatively modern political institutions in the west. "Politics" not only belong to universal history, but also are involved in human relations which have little or nothing to do with the structure of government. What, then, is the essential, pervasive, irreducible characteristic...
...polished top was made of a single piece of hardwood, Philippine red narra. Around its rim were twelve drawers, for the President, Vice President and each member of the Cabinet. Unfortunately, in rebuilding the White House offices the doorway of the Cabinet room was not made large enough to admit the table. Last week with difficulty it was maneuvered into the public lobby of the offices...
...Datsun advertisements the happy passengers are whites, even when the entire text is in Japanese. Prices f.o.b. Yokohama: Roadster, Yen 1,775 ($514.75); Phaeton, Yen 1,850 ($536.50) ; Sedan, Yen 1,975 ($572.75).* Advertised mileage: 50 per gallon. Speed: 45 m.p.h. Rueful Manhattan executives of Mitsubishi admit that there is not a single Datsun in North America (Chile has many), offer eagerly to supply a sedan (considered their swankiest model) for $660 at Mitsubishi Co. Ltd., No. 120 Broadway...
...Tragic Life, Passions Spin the Plot), they knew they could expect a vicariously agonizing experience, reported with such rare and serious candor that it would give them a painfully interesting three hours. Author Fisher is trying to write an honest book. Readers of the first three installments will admit, some wryly and some with excitement, that so far he has succeeded...