Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seriously wounded" prisoners of war, according to the terms of Article 109 of the Geneva Convention. Such an exchange, U.N. officers estimated, might involve about 3,000 of the 123,000 prisoners now held by the U.N. and perhaps 1,000 of the 12,000 prisoners the Communists admit they hold. It was unlikely that more than 200 to 300 Americans would be returned. Close Study. On the surface, the Communist note seemed satisfactory. While it linked the exchange offer with a proposal for more truce talks, it apparently was not conditional upon any further negotiations. Nonetheless, the U.N. command...
...leading magazine. It is especially encouraging to any student of Christian theology in the scholastic tradition to see its realism brought out of the catacombs and applied. Education, public or private, grades or college, is epitomized by Utopianism (your excellent example, UNism). Even our educators are beginning to admit our educational system is goalless, its fruits: nationalism and relativism, and this dream belief in "the perfectibility of man," quickly shattered by the evidence of our senses. The principles of Dostoevski's Grand Inquisitor are gratefully accepted-just give us bread, and never mind freedom and responsibility...
...improve techniques, to cut costs and thereby lower prices, to seek new outlets. "No industry thrives on a shrinking volume of business. We need an expanding, growing market ... If the Government still owns any appreciable amount of butter when 1954 arrives, I hope all of us will frankly admit our failures...
...people," said the March Hare, "is that you never expect to understand the Advocate, so you never try." Alice looked annoyed. "Don't be silly," she said, "I always give it a sporting chance. But take that story 'Cleveland, Ohio, for instance." The March Hare interrupted, "Okay, I'll admit that parts of it were sort of childishly written, and that the flashback was confusing, but . . ." "But nothing," Alice said, "I didn't understand the ending...
...said the March Hare, "that Hoagland was trying to get at something bigger? Didn't you understand the subtle relationship between Vince and Charlie and the dogs. Didn't you get the implications of Vince's simple mind and complex personality?" Alice look disturbed. "I'll admit that I felt something under the surface," she said, "but what? Was it between the men or between the men and the animals or the men and the girls? Who was what--can you tell me that? Can you tell me how one of the characters might act in any given situation? Does...