Word: bans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...such an overall rule were sanctioned Harvard Square florists would suffer a major blow, since they depend upon college trade more than any other block of customers. For many of the flower shops, Harvard business makes the difference between profit and loss. It seems only fair that no blanket ban should be imposed against their goods, for it is really up to an individual to decide whether he can buy or not. And as far as a luxury goes, it is no more than a few movies. The idea of buying defense stamps as an alternative is fine, though...
Lately there has been a very strong movement to ban corsages from the Spring dances. As yet, no definite agreement has been arrived at, though many feel that a determined policy against pin-ons should be agreed to before the dances begin, thus ensuring that no one will arrive with one, and ergo no one's feelings will be hurt. Moreover, they feel this is a good way to cut expenses, especially luxuries in time...
...Navy's 20-year ban against Negroes for anything but the Messman Branch was lifted last week...
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D Minor (Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky ; Victor; 3 sides). Eleventh, and most familiar, of the dozen "harmonious raptures" of the red-bearded Venetian priest whose music Bach so often transcribed, recorded (before Boss Petrillo's ban) by the Boston Symphony's matchless strings, with some woodwind help...
...overlords have good cause to hate Bishop Berggrav. As Primate of 97%-Lutheran Norway he has stubbornly fought them at every turn, with the result that only 27 of Norway's 700 parish pastors back Quisling. Last year Eivind Berggrav and his fellow bishops defied a Nazi ban and circulated a pastoral indicting the Nazis for their interference with churches, courts and schools, their effort to make pastors break their oath of silence on matters confided to them, and "the systematic rule of terror by Nazi storm troopers...