Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said, did Catholic historians and theologians begin to examine the intentions of the 16th century reformers instead of looking simply at the consequences of their actions. They then came to see, he continued, that the schism the reformers caused came only because the Medleval Church was too corrupt to admit the truth in the reformers' charges...
...from City High, is less prepared by his secondary school culture to fit into the "new" Harvard--a college in which the premium value is motivated, independent learning. At the beginning of the essay, Ricks and McCarley suggest that a social scientist is one who is never afraid to admit the obvious, and doubtless they would admit the obvious difficulties in generalizing about Harvard from so small a sample, but their analysis of a central Harvard value and the pervasiveness of its attraction is nonetheless stimulating and suggestive...
Proud Daddy. Hardly anyone had a legitimate protest to offer. In the House debate on the medicare bill, Iowa Republican H. R. Gross forced Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and floor manager for the measure, to admit that he had "overlooked" a relatively small cost factor. No matter. Without amendment, the House passed the bill by a vote of 313 to 115, and at the announcement of the tally Democrats rose to their feet with a great shout. Speaker John McCormack rushed up to Mills, grabbed his hand and cried: "Congratulations, my dear friend...
With everyone so afraid of appearing square, the avant-garde is obviously trying to determine just how far things can be pushed before anyone will actually admit to being shocked. New York now exports to various other centers of culture a mimeographed magazine whose title is somewhat stronger than Love You, A Magazine of the Arts; its pages are filled by some certified avant-garde writers, many homosexuals, who mostly write pissoir poetry...
...must admit my name is rather long, but the one your subscription department's computer gave me is tops: R. A. Monkewich JAN66 MNK 61621R-97T99 06 29. Down with computers...