Word: cancels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wife and children to live with him. If he loses his job, he must apply to the police for a stamped permit to seek work. If he wants to visit relatives in another city, he needs a stamp before he can get on the train. The government can cancel any of his stamps at any time for any reason, move him far away from his home, job and family. Above all, he must carry his passbook at all times, since the penalty for being caught without it is usually jail...
Difficulties with the sound track in the first movie pushed the evening behind schedule, so the Committee decided to cancel the planned panel. "It's a shame," Daniel Hartline, graduate student in biology and member of the Sierra Club, said afterwards. "There were some things that should have been discussed...
...Your story about Jordan [July 8] is pathetically misinformed and sensational. The strength of Jordan is well known. In connection with the recent stupid Nasserite propaganda campaign, King Hussein did not bother to alert military units or order top intelligence operatives to cancel trips abroad. Not a single leaflet appeared in Jordanian army barracks, nor did the refugees pay any serious attention to the vicious personal attacks on the royal family. The people and the government take their own works too seriously to have time for this polemical nonsense, and the throne in Jordan has proved a symbol of unity...
Command Performance. When leaflets began to appear in Jordanian army barracks demanding Hussein's abdication, the King decided it was time to act. He alerted military units and ordered top intelligence operatives to cancel trips abroad. To woo the refugees, he offered them permanent settlement in Jordan and announced that Palestinians living abroad would no longer need visas to enter Jordan. Into Hussein's palace last week streamed delegations of Jordanian notables to pledge their loyalty to the crown. It was a command performance: some who did not show up have been arrested. There was no doubt about...
...suit. Sales finance companies also increased their interest charges to 5%. The Veterans Administration hiked its interest on G.I. mortgages from 5¼% to 5½% . Tax-free municipal bond yields rose to a postwar high of 3.83%, causing dozens of cities, counties and school districts to postpone or cancel millions of dollars worth of bond issues. Another effect of the credit pinch: auto finance companies have become tougher in risking loans, which is one reason why auto sales so far in 1966 are slightly off last year's record rate...