Word: disallow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other plays had brought cheers from Mastodon ranks as they clicked for touchdowns, only to have officials turn one into a safety and disallow the other on a technicality. Penalties also quenched Kirkland hopes, as no less than seven 15-yard fines were slapped on over-eager Deacons...
...rates to 12¾? in August. The scheduled airlines, getting big new planes, were able for the first time to meet this cut by shifting their displaced DC-4s to air freight. (American alone was transferring six DC-4s.) The independents' best hope was that CAB would disallow the new rates, but it was hardly likely that it would not allow some cuts. The future looked dark for the independents...
...ability of State Supreme Court Judge McGechan to prevent the English philosopher from teaching at the College of the City of New York demonstrated quite succinctly the ever-present threats to the cause of freedom in any public institution. From Manhattan the spotlight turned to Cambridge. Would the Corporation disallow the Russell appointment on the grounds of his immoral beliefs, no flimsier excuse than that used to prevent Browder from speaking? Or, if not that, would Dorgan and the Massachusetts courts prevail? The answer came only with Lord Russell's arrival yesterday. Harvard stands justified again in the eyes...
...himself, began celebrating his daily Mass in its tiny chapel. His down-&-outers could attend, or not, as they pleased. Unlike some other charitarians, Father Rice asks neither hymn singing, work nor money from his guests, declaring that he aims to give them "the privacy which most social agencies disallow." His flophouse costs $500 a month, which Father Rice raises, keeps in an unlocked drawer. The drawer has never been robbed...