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Word: forbiding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tucked one shapely foot under her and discussed her favorite topics: divorce and the veil. Morocco, she said, will soon have a law requiring men to produce legitimate reasons for a divorce instead of just telling a woman three times to go away. "Of course," she added, "we cannot forbid divorce, and besides, if a man and woman don't get along, they should not be forced to remain together. But we can make it so hard on men that we hope the rate will be cut by 50%." As for the veil: in Morocco "only old women cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISLAM: Shapely Agitator | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...forbid you to contradict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Man Who Knew All | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

...forbid you to forbid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Man Who Knew All | 6/17/1957 | See Source »

When CBS officials heard the message on rival Manhattan stations last week, they were unhappier than sarsaparilla. Before Murrow himself had heard the imitation, the CBSmen (who forbid their newscasters to give commercials even on their own network) won assurance that it would be off the air in a few days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This--Is a Commercial | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

...evil intents are masked beneath his proposal to forbid billboards from the sides of Federal highways. The Senator knows full well how much gophers like shade when 4 p.m. on a hot summer's eve is at hand. He is also well aware that when holes are dug to plant the billboards, it gives the digging creatures a helping hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mercy | 3/14/1957 | See Source »

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