Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scroll of Megilah tells of the Persian king's decision to allow Haman to kill the Jews, and how the king's wife Esther, who was Jewish, persuaded him to reconsider. Eventually Haman himself was killed...
...then even if that fails, there's still the Big Green. Now admittedly, Tuesday night's loss was especially painful in that it occurred against the Hanoverians. But should a Dartmouth triumph on Saturday allow the Crimson to sneak into the playoffs, well, there's a little good in everybody, right...
Resumption of trade-and later, U.S. diplomatic recognition-could accomplish even more than an aid program in helping Hanoi. The country is drawing up a sophisticated foreign investment code that would allow production-sharing agreements on natural resources, including oil, and up to 49% capitalist participation in other enterprises. Moreover, a group of visiting Japanese oil prospectors has been given the curious news that petroleum development was reserved for "the American sector." Observes one U.S. banker: "All the signals are there. They want to get back into the ball game, and the U.S. is the key to that...
...they are subject to increasingly stringent state laws that have driven many strong-arm operators out of business. By one estimate, the number of collection agencies in the U.S. has been cut by 20% in the past decade, to 5,000 now. Florida, Georgia and Texas do not even allow the attachment of wages...
...housing for the elderly. Young doctors trained as pediatricians or gynecologists are increasingly transferring to the lamentably neglected area of public health. The transformation from growthmania to a less-is-more society will demand greater adjustments and some painful decisions. Nevertheless, demographers point out, a controlled population will allow the U.S. to reorder its priorities and reassess its values before they are dictated by scarcity...