Word: leeway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the opening of all the Houses, it was felt that the new "communities of students" could have a little more leeway in receiving women in their rooms. Therefore, at a meeting in November, 1931, the Housemasters made an informal decision to do away with the chaperone requirement in the Houses while preserving all the old rules in the Yard and other dormitories...
...auditors to check price tags and weights in all the stores and report back to them directly, thus keeping tabs on the empire. There was always the chance that a dishonest store manager would overcharge, short-change or underweigh. But honest managers also were squeezed. They got so little leeway in their allowances for breakage, spoilage and pilfering that some of them felt they had to cut honesty corners to make a good competitive showing...
...average Holy Cross man also believes, probably correctly, that he has to work harder scholastically than his Cambridge counterpart. Six courses per term are a normal requirement, with little leeway, even in the upper classes, in choice of electives...
They quit the J. Arthur Rank Empire two years ago because, says Launder, "the organization was heading for more centralization and more control . . . we were for decentralization." They even give each other plenty of leeway. When one of them gets an idea for a movie, he consults closely with the other, then does the script and direction himself, drawing freely on his partner's advice...
...much of their money into blue chips and perhaps even some businessman's speculations (see tables). After July1, the administrators of private trusts in New York State will also be able to invest in common stocks, the first time the state regulations have permitted them such leeway. They will be allowed by law to invest "up to 35% of their funds (an estimated $1 billion) in such common stocks as a "prudent man" would buy. The effect of all this safety-deposit buying would be to cut down the available supply of stock and consequently drive up prices...