Word: allowing
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There is more. Several years ago, the British government attempted to pass a bill that would allow those rearing battery hens to remove the chipped wood from their cages. Several animal researchers complained, saying that hens "need" chipped wood. On the face of it, this seems like a highly anthropomorphic claim. After all, how would one know what chickens need or want? Marian Dawkins, an internationally recognized researcher in animal behavior, designed an extremely clever experiment to address this claim...
...time, Dean Richard Brodhead told the Yale Daily News that he was reluctant to set a precedent that would allow donors to influence academics. Yale faculty members supported Yale University President Richard Levin, saying that universities had to maintain the ability to direct academics...
Thus Barrios began an eight-month long talk to get the Metropolitain District Commission (MDC), which owns and operates the park, to allow the City of Cambridge to help physically and fiscally improve the park...
However, because of sanctions against Cuba, the Cuban government did not allow him to donate the books to the town library...
Churches in the Holy Land closed for two days last week to protest a decision by the Israeli government to allow the construction of a mosque beside the Basilica of the Annunciation, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary received word that she would bear the Son of God. The Vatican criticized the Israeli decision and in a strongly worded statement accused the "political authorities [of] fomenting division." The Israeli government reacted angrily, condemning the Vatican statement and saying it was only trying to "lower tensions" between Christians and Muslims. The controversy has strained relations between Israel and the Vatican...