Word: letting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gifford Pinchot, having drawn breath after the whirlwind campaign that made her husband Governor of Pennsylvania, went to Washington with a plan. "Let the women . . . take charge of prohibition enforcement." she urged President Harding, "and see if they are not more zealous for enforcement than...
Question: Why didn't the President fly directly back to Washington and let Mamie go it alone...
...Tunisians readily admit that they let Algerian guerrillas into Tunisia to rest or get medical treatment. ("Why shouldn't we? We are not at war with Algeria.") And several Western correspondents have visited camps in Tunisia occupied by unwounded, closely disciplined F.L.N. men. But these troops do not appear in public in uniform, do not carry weapons and appear to be far less numerous than the French charge...
...Russians could scarcely do better, were apparently content to let Nasser do it for them...
...boys, Pat Taylor, 9, sensibly pointed out that "it goes right by my house." Teacher Baskin assured the boy that she would drive him home once the tire was fixed, but since Pat seemed impatient and did not seem to mind riding with Negroes, she hailed the bus and let the boy climb...