Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe that war with Russia is inevitable or even probable," he insisted, "at least in the next four years. On the other hand, I do not believe we can force a settlement in the near future which will allow us to live in a tranquil period...
Officers of the plant's United Auto Workers local quickly called an emergency meeting. They denounced the committee of vigilantes for using "lynch law." After two turbulent hours, the local voted to return to work-and to allow the three suspected workmen to return too. But the back-to-work resolution carried the proviso that those who wanted to file charges against the three "for conduct unbecoming union members" could...
...emphasized a need for a uniformity of officiating. "Hockey is too good a game," Kiphuth said, "to allow such incidents to destroy the fine relationship enjoyed between Harvard and Yale...
Earlier in the day Bingham had endorsed the action of Coach Chase in removing his Crimson team from the ice. Dave Abbot, a Varsity wingman, had received a bad head wound from the stick of Eli captain Artie Moher. Chase fearing a riot had refused to allow his team back on the rink...
...Massachusetts Senators, Lodge and Saltonstall, have been among the Seaway's most vociferous opponents. Lodge held that the 27-foot channel wouldn't be deep enough to allow passage for more than a small percentage of U.S. ships. He pointed out that the river was frozen over in the winter anyhow. Casting suspicion on the cost estimates in general, Lodge compared the planning to "a man running across the country like a house afire with his shirt tail out." Saltonstall felt that provisions to give New York control of power facilities were bad for the surrounding states. "New York will...