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Word: allowances (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Inside the High Court" [Nov. 5] leaves me with the feeling that perhaps our present system of allowing the President to appoint a Chief Justice for life should be scrapped. If the President appointed the Justices, but allowed them to select their own Chief to preside over the court prior to the opening of each new session, it would at least allow the Justices to work under leadership that the majority considered competent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...only way to deal with the future of South Africa is the way we started to deal with it, namely, to allow each proud people-Zulus, Xhosas, Sesothos-to achieve their self-determination and independence from South Africa. When you have arrived at that stage, you can bring together a constellation of southern African states working together on common interests. South Africa is not changing its policy to satisfy our critics. South Africa is developing in the way it is because we believe that by doing this, we shall become a constellation of states strong enough to withstand Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Putting a Pretty Face on Apartheid | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...students' occasional news conferences were studies in frustration. At one, a droning student leader was interrupted by a French television reporter: "If you don't allow us to ask some questions, we'll leave." When many newsmen got up to go, the students loosened the format...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Tehran's Reluctant Diplomats | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Only the round-robin rules, which allow two losses, saved Widerman from early elimination after an unexpected loss in third round action. With the score locked, 7-7, and only a minute remaining, Widerman escaped from a hold but his opponent, a central Connecticut grappler, scored on a takedown and squeaked through with the 9-8 victory...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Four Grapplers Advance; Freshmen Lead Parade | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

This week the Civil Liberties Union of Massachussets (CLUM) issued a 15-page report reinforcing that view. The report--following a seven-month investigation--charged that the university had violated students's and professors' rights by censoring statements on the student radio station, by refusing to allow student fees to finance student publications, and by telling professors not to discuss in class a strike by buildings and grounds workers...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The Lone Ranger | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

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