Word: allow
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...Dearborn, Professor of Education and Acting Dean of the School of Education, to allow him to devote himself to the supervision of the major research enterprise of the Graduate School of Education, "an investigation of the mental and physical development of school children by means of annually repeated measurements of several thousands of the same individuals from the time of their entrance into school to the time of the completion of their formal education...
...your subscribers and in the interest of truth will you allow me to present to your readers a few comments upon the paragraph in Column 1, Page 5, of your issue of Sept...
...Debt Commissioners refused to allow a transfer of Belgian War borrowings to Germany. They declared that President Wilson's "promise" was not legally bound but that "nevertheless. . . . .there does continue a weighty moral obligation as a result of assurances given which differentiate this sum from all other debts due the U. S. from foreign countries." So it was agreed in compromise that Belgium should be bound to pay the principal of the $171,780,000 War borrowings over a period of 62 years, beginning with $1,000,000 in 1926, and scaling up to $2,900,000 beginning...
These figures, however, do not allow for the violent changes in the buying power of the dollar over this period. In "current dollars"-that is, money at its present purchasing power-the average income in this country in 1909 was $791; in 1913 it had increased to $864; from here it shot up to $1851 in 1920, and the next year fell back...
...before him and make him sit at the table until he eats it all, no matter how long it takes. Start with small amounts of suitable foods and give him as much time as necessary to eat. He will soon learn to eat the amount he really needs. Never allow his refusal of food to make you angry. Perhaps he does not eat because he enjoys seeing you become irritated...