Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...neuroses lead to similar adjustments, but with far less convincing effect. John Carter was a virile, mighty halfback at the University. But in later, married life he contracted influenza which left him obsolete as a proper husband. Considerate of his wife's resulting deprivations, he persuades her to allow him to introduce Tom Bradford, potent theatrical manager...
After a while, observing that the couple charm each other, Husband Carter plans to go west, get a divorce, thus allow Mrs. Carter to marry the engaging Bradford. But when he divulges this plan, Manager Bradford coolly declares that he is an itinerant fellow, not given to matrimony. Husband Carter's rage is quelled by his wife, who afterwards tells him that she has never been able to accept Bradford completely. Inspired by this new light on faithful, patient wifehood, Husband Carter decides to stay with Mrs. Carter and consult a new doctor...
Depreciation reserve (to allow for purchase of new plane after 1.500 flying...
...dealers will be able to attack fashion chroniclers who write against corsets. ... On that day there will be no more liberty of the pen, there will be no freedom of appreciation, there will be no more journalists, and there will be no further use for the Syndicate of Journalists. Allow me to believe in its usefulness...
...fish, well and quickly frozen, are shipped in a special type of refrigerator car in which a below-freezing temperature is always maintained. The importance of 40-minute freezing lies in the fact that when fish are frozen, icy-crystals form inside them, break down the cell walls and allow flavor-giving juices to escape. The quicker the freezing, the smaller the crystals and the less the breakage. Old time freezing methods took 36 hours; other quick-freezing methods take 100 minutes. Mr. Taylor has cut an hour from the previous record. Thus the inland housewife can buy fish which...