Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assure myself that the painter was a good man . . . [But] is it possible that the visible presence of the artist makes a relevant difference? For in applauding his performance we are applauding the whole man there before us-the man with his entire past peering through his present. . . I admit that I keep away from performances by [Nazi] collaborators; I don't want to go . . . [but] the point is that while my feelings point one way, my reason points another...
...second day of the conference, the Lebanese delegation, supported by other Arab nations, raised an outcry against the admission of Jewish observers from whatever nation. A hot debate ensued until somebody discovered that no Jewish observers were present or intended to come. Sullenly then the Arabs agreed to admit all organizations which had "accepted the invitation" (no Jewish group...
...admired in those days the whole revolutionary attitude of the Communists . . . When I arrived in Russia, after making a careful investigation of conditions there, I must admit that all my hopes about the revolution were blasted. I was convinced, that the aims which the Communists struggled for could not be attained through the methods they used...
From the head of the school (Frances Starr) who would like to serve God but is forced to serve Mammon, to the student (Lois Wheeler) who lacks the courage to admit she is Jewish, people are harassed and torn two ways. All this (and kleptomania too) catches the eye of a bullying, power-hungry student (Doe Avedon), a rich trustee's daughter who, when she cannot command, can only conspire. Like the brat in The Children's Hour, she twists and messes up lives, but in this case things get straightened out before...
...games at the Indoor Athletic Building require only one of the numbered coupons. These will admit a man if presented at the door...