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Word: allowables (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Just how long the authorities of the House will allow this rope to decorate the cherished tower is doubtful. For what the aerial lacks in beauty, is compensated for by the stark realism with which it strikes out against the horizon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MASSIVE ANTENNA DANGLES FROM TOP OF DUNSTER TOWER | 10/31/1936 | See Source »

...second semester a student should be able to follow his own bent more thoroughly than he can at the present time, and allow his imagination freer play in criticism, poetry, journalism, or wherever his interest lies. In addition, several weeks might be devoted to speech-making upon any topic the student elected, for organization of ideas are similar in both oral and written expression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRUEL FOR THE WEAK | 10/30/1936 | See Source »

...offensive rolled nearer & nearer to the capital, Madrid became a city of gloom and darkness. Gas for cooking and heating had been cut off. Places of entertainment closed early. To stir up the inhabitants' flagging spirits notices were pinned up in the streets, "Men of Madrid ! Will you allow your women to be raped by Moors !" The women themselves were similarly exhorted by Communist Deputy Doña Dolores ("The Passion Flower") Ibarruri, who pleaded: "Women of Madrid ! Do not hinder your husbands from going to War. It is better to be the widow of a hero than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Nearer & Nearer | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...Should the United Lutheran Church defer to progress and allow women on its boards and bureaus? The delegates stepped forward first by making the Women's Missionary Society an official body, later voting women eligible to the governing bodies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Lutherans in Columbus | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...Kansas trains approaching a cross-road must stop and neither proceed until the other has gone; in Connecticut a man was arrested for kissing his wife; and in Cambridge no person shall allow a goat to graze in the street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Positively No Oxen, Sheep, Pigs, Cows, or Goats Allowed to Graze on Streets | 10/23/1936 | See Source »

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