Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Secrecy continued to cloak the progress of the negotiations by which Secretary Hughes is trying to secure treaties with foreign powers to allow their vessels to enter American ports with liquor under seal in exchange for the privilege of extending the three-mile limit to twelve miles for the search and seizure of rum-runners...
...Allow me to express the hope that your administration of the great office to which you have been so unexpectedly called will abound in satisfaction of many kinds...
...advertising value diminished. All that the radio companies could get were third-rate performers. They turned on the phonograph for the radio. That made the affair ridiculous. They have not done it so much lately. Protective organizations for musicians demanded pay for radio service. Orchestras still continue to allow the broadcasting of their concerts. At big sporting events spoken reports are broadcast. It is questionable how long these things will be allowed free of charge. The radio companies will more and more have to pay for entertainment to broadcast. This will increase their broadcasting expenses tremendously...
Maurras also claimed that he and his followers, like the king, were above the law. Said he: " When the social contract is broken, men return to a state of nature and retake their liberty. Resign yourselves, therefore, gentlemen, to having to allow...
Meanwhile it is understood that the "medicinal liquor" provision will be so interpreted as to allow French, Italian and Spanish crews their legally provided daily measure of wine...