Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...early history of the college, its authorities evidently took it upon themselves to safeguard the morals of the rising generations, a state of affairs on which we of today may look in surprise, when we consider that we allow our national, state, and city governments keep the world clean and safe to live in. This tendency is shown in the stern command which was written of in this account of "the progress of learning in the College of Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay" to the effect that "none shall, under any pretence whatsoever, frequent the company and society of such...
...native of a state, excelled with difficulty by any other in scenic beauty, commerce, industry and education, allow me to invite TIME'S subscribers to come, see and enjoy the Switzerland of America. Our mountains, rivers, cities and churches will welcome them any day of the week, Sunday included. Visitors from west of the Ohio River will find it safe and enjoyable to park their "gats" at home...
Senator Warren was pleading for his deficiency appropriation bill (see below). Once it seemed likely that a compromise would be reached. Senator Reed of Missouri offered to displace his investigating resolution to allow quick passage of the deficiency bill, the alien property bill and the public buildings bill. Thereupon, Mr. Blease wandered in, half-asleep. He heard the words "unanimous consent." He shouted: "I object." Nobody was going to pull any wool over his eyes...
...being "a dirty mess on the doorstep of the state," the State Senate last week voted, 54 to 1, to conduct an investigation. It matters not that the U. S. Senate looked into Mr. Schall's election last spring (TiME, June 28) and found it pure enough to allow him to hold his seat...
...shoddier. Villain Inventor chases Mary up a roof, intent upon dashing her to earth, in the manner of spiteful evildoers since Desperate Desmond. The hero pursues. During the struggle, Capitalist Masterman swears if the hero (his son) be spared, he will henceforth treat all workingmen like brothers, never again allow a monster like Efficiency to be created. The villain topples off the roof. With Efficiency and Invention thus disposed of, happiness comes to man, the hero finds the heroine's lips, Labor and Capital strike hands, the city destroyed by evil counsel of Efficiency is to be rebuilt...