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Word: allowable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sounds to me, a black American who served in Viet Nam (1967-68), as if the Buis, who send their children to a private academy, do not want them to associate with black children. So many blacks died to allow the Buis the opportunity to live free, and they, like so many other aliens, legal and illegal, look at blacks as people less than desirable to associate with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 8, 1979 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...making. The unrest in Iran has its roots in his failure to permit the growth of a responsible opposition to his one-man rule. His commendable effort to modernize Iran by educating its people and raising their standard of living was imperiled from the start by his refusal to allow a greater measure of political expression. Ironically, the forces that the Shah set loose continue to pose the greatest challenge to his regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Shah Compromises | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...more than 86,000 pages. Brought by the Government in 1969, the suit has dragged on so long that the opposing lawyers have argued over what to do should the judge, 68-year-old David Edelstein, die before it is over. The Government wants an agreement that would allow a new judge to pick up the trial where the old judge left off. But IBM has so far refused, which might mean starting virtually all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Why Those Big Cases Drag On | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...computers would allow an increase in the number of terminals from the current 32 to possibly 80 terminals, Laws said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Computing Facilities May Be Expanded | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

While the Harvard Club chose not to open its doors to other universities, it decided to allow almost any Harvard graduate to join. The exclusivity and prejudice are essentially things of the past; the club is, as more than one member described it, a "service facility...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The New York Harvard Club: | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

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