Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dean Sperry, who spoke first, urged monetary aid to Jewish refugees, warned that Americans must soberly face the possibility of a future war, and said in conclusion, "We have no right . . . to allow the present worth and the future promise of democratic society to be ground to dust between the upper and nether millstones which may well start turning in Europe...
Judge Knox cautioned Lawyer Dix not to make speeches to the jury. "I want to show," replied jury-minded Mr. Dix, "that there was a conspiracy to allow Griebl to escape and to frame these smaller...
...might be expected. The Carletons move into the Fortune mansion in London to wait for the old lady to die and leave them all her money. Softened by years of living by their wits, they not only lack the moral fibre to take advantage of their hostess but even allow her to rob them of their resistance to right-living. They succumb so completely that the Colonel goes to work and both children get respectably engaged...
Baseball's best. The Baseball Writers Association of America is a brotherhood of crotchety misogynists (at least during working hours) who refuse to allow women sportswriters to sit in its press boxes. The fraternity enjoys such perquisites as free sojourns in the South during spring training and deluxe road trips during the season (usually as guests of the major-league clubs). In return, the Association's members keep baseball alive by reporting its games at great length and they also perform the annual post-season chore of selecting the "most valuable player" in each major league...
...elementary course it is often remarked that too much has to be covered in a short time to allow anything but a summary of the field. Actually the reverse is true. Because so much is covered, writing a paper on a detailed subject is the only way a student can take a deep breath in the field and discover its true nature. History 1 and Physics B apply this principle with great success, and other elementary courses like Economics A and Biology D would do well to follow suit...