Word: permit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hungary, the Iron Curtain was raised to permit three western newsmen to attend a "world peace council," and to hear Comrade Journalist Ilya Ehrenburg talk about the "entirely new circumstances" which had caused the Soviet Union to "want to reach an agreement with those who profoundly dislike us." In Italy, Communist Leader. Palmiro Togliatti advocated bringing either the Communists or the left-wing Socialists into the government, talked of "synchronized action between the two great working-class parties." In France, Communist Leader Maurice Thorez, in his first speech to the faithful since his return from 2½ years' medical...
Smuggling, for centuries a profitable career in these waters, has been brought to an art by the Communists. Peking maintains an official purchasing agency in Macao called the Nan Kwong Trading Corp. Smugglers get an order from Nan Kwong, then wangle a Macao government import permit, place their order somewhere in Western Europe, and wait for the ships of the Portuguese-owned Companhia National de Navegaçáo to arrive. When the smuggler delivers the goods, profits are enormous...
...most of the weighty chores that go with the job of majority leader. For that reason Taft had personally selected Knowland to handle the day-to-day routine. He would continue to handle high policy matters himself, and would attend White House meetings insofar as his treatments would permit...
...Refused to permit U.S. companies to employ other than native executives...
...Permit English to be taught in Brazilian schools...