Word: permit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hope of political freedom. With the full approval of the British government, he junked the outmoded notions of imperialism and promised, in their place, that "Malaya will become, in due course, a self-governing nation . . . within the British Commonwealth." Templer pushed through a constitutional revision which will 1) permit national elections, 2) give the National Assembly a narrow majority of elected (over appointed) members. In principle, at least, the new constitution is a big step towards nationhood...
...effective as Souza Dantas' timely report on U.S. export prospects in Brazil. At week's end the Export-Import Bank announced that to "serve the mutual interests of trade and of the economies of the two countries," terms of the credit would be relaxed to permit Brazil to pay its debt over 7½ years. For his part, Souza Dantas said that half of Brazil's dollar earnings in excess of $1 billion (last year's total earnings: $765 million) would also be applied to reducing the debt...
...more than fifty years in advance) of the contention that a desire "in conscience" not to name ones friends might "explain" a claim of the privilege. It states (p. 600) that "Every good citizen is bound to aid in the enforcement of the law, and has no right to permit himself, under the pretext of sheltering his own good name to be the tool of others, who are desirous of seeking shelter behind his privilege...
...Court also ordered the City of Houston, Texas, to permit Negroes to use municipal golf courses on a segregated basis. This appeal by the city has been before the Court since June...
These meets practically end the Crimson's track season. There is a possibility some runners may enter the IC4A meet in New York Saturday if their exam schedules permit...