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Word: admitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...true, as rumors say, that Sealyhams have the bad taste to become nauseated when riding in a car, their aristocracy may be questioned. While I am ready to admit that all dogs are good dogs and ought to be loved and cherished for their qualities, I wish to go on record as saying that Boston bulls have the virtues of cleanliness, courage and trim appearance together with unshaken fidelity and are the peers of any fashionable dog that ever eked out an unhappy existence, plastered over with long hair. The cartoonists and a few society folks may enjoy the long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 3, 1929 | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

...admit it is true that all the social wealth of our great city does not reside in our district, and that handsomer houses do decorate other parts of our municipality and of our suburbs. That, however, does not diminish one iota the character of our inhabitants or their determination each to fulfill his part in improving the lives of his people and the homes in which they live...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gentlemen! Gentlemen! | 5/17/1929 | See Source »

Come across now TIME, and admit that for once you are wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 13, 1929 | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...door of the Washington jail swung open hungrily last week to admit Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair. The U. S. courts had found him guilty of contempt of the Senate for refusing to answer questions in its 1924 Teapot Dome investigation. Now he was paying for his stubbornness by a 90-day sojourn in a "common jail" with pick pockets, wife-beaters, smalltime crooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Sinclair To Jail | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

...Rita is so clever with her nimble dance steps that by the time she comes out for her third encore, the house is hers, the song about her boy friend's "shushpenders," and her dance "Subway Shuffle," completely captivating the audience. As for Miss Foster, we are forced to admit that her playlet is rather crude, but her acting, plus her dark hair and bright eyes--well it was a good...

Author: By D. M. K., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/10/1929 | See Source »

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