Word: allow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Stalin is a silly sort of person. This man aims at being dictator of Russia-a thing which would be a catastrophe if it were to happen. My successor should never allow, in any case, that this man be appointed Secretary of the Communist Party...
Kline, the captain of last year's Freshman team, has recovered from his injuries and is again practicing but he may be left out of the game on Saturday in order to allow a complete recovery...
Second Game. Riotous crowds flooded into the park trying to capture and congratulate an elderly, slightly rheumatic man named Peckinpaugh. The shortstop of the Washingtons, this Peckinpaugh had suddenly terminated the game by propelling the ball far enough from home to allow two base-runners to scurry in and tie the series. Manager Bucky Harris and one Leon ("Goose") Goslin, other Senators, interpolated home runs earlier. Score: Washington 4, New York...
Lest these objections should seem trivial, Admiral Plunkett, Commandant of the 3rd Naval District, was reported to have said that the play would prevent enlistments; and that, after seeing it, "no mother would allow her son to enter the army or marine life...
...opponents say they will not have these treaties. Very well, so be it. Those opposed to these treaties are opposed to a settlement with Russia and trade with Russia. If the House of Commons will not allow us to make these treaties, the House of Commons had better censure us. Office is a great honor, but office has burdens; grandeur very soon goes and drudgery accumulates, which stays. Still, it is a great thing to have served one's country...