Word: allowances
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic Convention caused such a grave disturbance at a Cabinet meeting that the President was obliged to have the radio loudspeaker turned off. The din was too great to allow Secretarial deliberation...
...Lydig married W. E. D. Stokes in 1895 when she was only 16. Divorcing him later, she married a gallant officer, Major Philip M. Lydig, divorced him in Paris in 1919 for incompatibility. Because she was not the innocent party in a case of adultery, Bishop Manning refused to allow the rector to marry her. The engagement was formally broken last May. Following reports that Dr. Grant would resign not only from his rectorship, but also from the ministry, the following statement was issued...
...University of Michigan. The impossibility of any self-determination in the matter of curricula prevents the student with initiative and capable faculties reaching the intellectual heights he might attain if given free reign. Dr. Burton would give the upperclassman freedom from the group course restrictions and would allow him to follow the dictates of his own enthusiasm...
...University has also extended the leave of absence of Professor Francis B. Sayre L'12 of the Law School for another year to allow him to remain in Siam where he is serving in Bangkok as advisor in international relations to the king of Siam...
Said the "ad": Upon his [the Senator's] attention being called to his speech, he retorted that he would not allow anyone to dictate legislation; that he had no apology to make for voting for the Pension Bill and certainly none for the vote against the President's veto, so he voted accordingly. We are asking our friends to reread Mr. Fess's speech and then consider how a man who could make such a speech could act in such an inconsistent manner. . . . The present session of the 68th Congress is reminiscent of the story...