Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...over half a century the Harvard-Yale predominance has frustrated, and, at times infuriated Princetonians, whether they admit...
...These are the people we should admit, rather than those who will do well at the College but not use their education later," Mrs. Bunting declared. When the study is completed, admissions policies will be re-structured in line with the findings...
...civilian or group of civilians has the information necessary for the final decision. A staggering array of considerations confronts the President and his advisers. Not the least of course are three problems which do not admit of ready quantification for computer solution: leukemia, monstrous births, and bone cancer. Mr. Rockefeller does not mention these problems. Indeed, one has the feeling that Mr. Rockefeller does not think overmuch about them. Geneticists, after all, do not agree...
Even the fine-wine producers will admit that some of the cheap table wines are sound value for their price. Gallo's Paisano, for example, is a passable vin ordinaire, even by French standards, and so is Petri's Viva Vino. For quality wines, the experts stick to the Napa Valley for reds, Livermore for whites and Sonoma for Rhines. Among the leaders: Louis Martini's Zinfandel and Folle Blanche, Inglenook's Cabernet Sauvignon, Wente Brothers' Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Chardonnay, Charles Krug's Camay and Camay Beaujolais. California's sparkling wines...
Even his greatest admirers would admit that James Madison was not an imposing figure of a man. Standing only 5 ft. 6 in., the slightly built Madison appeared to be even shorter, and his face wore a look of perpetual perplexity. The shy son of a well-to-do Virginia planter, Madison early began to seek consolation in books, developed a deft, concise writing style by the time he graduated from Princeton in 1771 and set out on a career of molding men's minds rather than swaying their passions...