Word: permit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said: "I have decided that if the Republican Party chooses to renominate me I shall accept the nomination. Thereafter, if the people of this country should elect me I shall continue to serve them in the office I now hold. I have concluded that I should permit the American people to have the opportunity to register their decision in this matter...
...Because 1958 is the date on the initial measure passed two years ago, the Democrats, if they insist on a different year, would make it necessary for another session to approve the amendment before it would go the people. The increasing need for a four year term does not permit the luxuries of unimportant party squabbles and further delays...
...Joint Committee on Highways and Motor Vehicles will hold hearings this morning on two bills which would permit all Massachusetts cities to fine jaywalkers...
...public order is imminent") to out-and-out war. The various states of emergency can be declared by simple executive decree in all categories except war (which requires a congressional vote). Faced by the mildest disturbance, the President can dissolve political parties, order troops to fire on demonstrators, permit police to enter homes without warrants, force newspapers to accept censorship or shut down...
...from his speed on the track-and he cared not who knew what he was doing. Rarely did his expense accounts contain the creative writing and fantastic arithmetic of the standard swindle sheet. When Wes bulldozed track meet promoters into paying him far more than amateur rules permit, he usually listed the extra payments openly in his accounting for the Amateur Athletic Union. Said he: "These expense rules are for Joe Blows. I'm no Joe Blow . . . I had no other work when I was running, and I deserved compensation...