Word: forbidding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...manner he pleases because this doesn't constitute a crime in Turkey. With prospects like these any man fortunate enough to be born a Turk is indeed lucky, provided of course that he can find a Christian on whom to practice the pastimes the Koran neglects to forbid. But the Christian in the case, or anywhere in the neighborhood gets as much enjoyment out of the process as a rat hunted by ferrets. Under the circumstances, it is easy to understand why there is some objection to handing over to the Turkish Nationalists, the Capitulation, along with the rest...
...warning has been issued by Mr. C. R. Apted, Head Janitor, concerning the violation by students of the state and city laws and ordinances concerning the parking of automobiles on the public highways. The city ordinance forbid sparking of cars for more than twenty minutes and the state law requires that all cars must have lights after sundown, which now comes about 4.30 o'clock...
...That Aquinca, he is the child of fortune. He hath always found the satisfaction of every safe desire at the tips of his fingers and many a pleasure which reason and decency forbid. He is concerned solely with the acquisition of those honors among his fellows which he findeth easy of attainment. Why doth he so disdain us? All we have, we have acquired by ourselves. Is their fortune then to their credit? Neither applause nor favor do we ask, but to be treated as men. There is in us experience at the least. There is in them but appetites...
...addition to the fact that his material is best suited to playing straight football, Coach Stiehm has been handicapped in developing any sort of intricate open play on account of the Western Conference rules which forbid any team starting gridiron practice until September 15. This means that the University players have a week's head start on the Westerners...
Ordinarily the life of a diplomat offers much that is attractive to a college graduate. But in the majority of cases the attendant difficulties forbid his participation and he casts Lis lot with an occupation that is more assuring for the future. Our growing trade relations is only one of the many reasons why our position today demands an increasingly competent handling of international affairs. A few tentative steps have already been taken toward the improvement of the consular service. Conditions authoritatively claim an immediate and wide-sweeping reconstruction of that body, the diplomatic corps and their common connections...