Word: allowable
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...positive reception, Harvard students shouldn’t expect future dinners to be sustainable just yet. “We couldn’t serve a sustainable menu every day,” Martin said. “The realities of the food system do not allow for that at this point.” But Martin said HUDS will continue to take active steps in that direction. “We do continue to try and find new sources for local food and improve our general [carbon] footprint in creative ways” she said. —Staff...
...We’re here in a wonderful institution,” McCain said of Columbia. “But did you know that this school will not allow ROTC on this campus...
...mind, Chambers was responding to a heated (if esoteric) legal battle over the execution of justice in Nebraska. An alleged victim of sexual assault rape victim had sued the county judge responsible for her case because he had refused to allow her to use charged, non-legal terms like “rape” and “assailant” in her testimony. Chambers, a long-serving political dynamo and a member of the state senate’s judiciary committee, considered the woman’s suit such a waste of time for the county?...
...students to look away from their laptops for a minute and cheer loudly while they are filming. On the fourth take, a loud roar finally spontaneously emanates from the grille couches. During a ball. And the Sox are still losing 3-0. Satisfied with the cheering, the visitors allow the students to return to their multitasking. But still curious about why the game is not Harvardian’s first priority, the interviewers harass several students, who reluctantly look up from their MacBooks long enough to reply sheepishly, “I’m writing a paper for school...
Pakistani officials see Bajaur as a turning point. On President Pervez Musharraf's watch, they say, military offensives were repeatedly cut short to allow deals to be struck with the militants, and the deals invariably failed. This time, says advisor Malik, the militants asked for a ceasefire "which we have declined." The army will fight on, he promises, "until the operation is done to its full conclusion...