Word: permit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Karachi last week, when a butcher was accused of bringing cattle into the city without a permit, his lawyer asked the court: "Is there, legally speaking, such a place as Karachi?" The government, red-faced, asked a postponement. A navy lieutenant, charged with drunkenness, boldly asked his accusers"! "On whose authority is this court-martial held? Is there, legally speaking, a commander in chief?" The court-martial was promptly adjourned...
LIBERALIZED CONTRACTS for firms in defense work will permit companies to include such expenses as profit-sharing, severance pay, stock bonuses, and "pure" research in their costs. If approved by the Defense Department as expected, the new contract provisions will go into effect in 1956. They will apply automatically to all firms doing less than 25% of their work with the Government; companies with more than 25% of the total in defense work will be allowed to negotiate to have similar expenses included as "special contract provisions...
...yesterday announced regional broadcasting dates as Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5. and Nov. 12. The dates would permit the televising of the Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown games...
...Gore, top congressional defender of TVA: "In the end our choice may . . . be between something not so good and no expansion." Said the pro-TVA Memphis Press-Scimitar: "TVA has come up with what we believe are good suggestions for financing its own expansion . . . We hope that. . . Congress will permit TVA to sit on its own financial bottom...
Radcliffe ejected the profit-making University Children's Theatre from Agassiz Hall yesterday. By law, the College cannot permit performances or even rehearsals of any show which brings monetary profit to individuals in its buildings without losing its tax-free status, an Annex spokesman said...