Word: permit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...struggle for integration in the past has often seemed a test of how much rebelliousness national leaders would permit the South. Generally, tensions there being what they are, it was felt that the best possible course would be to keep quiet and let the years somehow transform the South's attitude. The platforms of both parties this year, accordingly, were carefully designed to say nothing about the whole issue...
...Democrats, a disgrace to Republicans, and a disgrace to the nation." But his latest statement at Little Rock carried his firmness, reserved by most politicians for the North, deep into the camp of the Citizen's Councils: "The Supreme Court ... has determined unanimously that the Constitution does not permit segregation in the schools... I believe that decision to be right. Some of you feel strongly to the contrary...." This statement was no doubt aimed as much at Northern newspaper readers as at the Arkansans who happened to be present. But, meanwhile, its successful reception suggested that the Southerners...
...absence of a single piece of complete fiction is ill-concealed by the make-up changes, which feature a slightly smaller page, with single column print plus big margins. The return of the men who ought to be writing for the Advocate will, however, with luck, permit abandoning the new format, since it causes considerable eyestrain and is less than lovely, despite a distinctly attractive typeface...
...years ago when he became Premier of Japan, aging, partially paralyzed Ichiro Hatoyama declared: "My health will not permit me to remain very long as Prime Minister." Last week, still ailing and still talking of retirement, the 73-year-old Premier launched a desperate grandstand play to prolong his political life. He will go to Moscow, he announced, to seek what two other Japanese missions have failed to get-a peace settlement with Russia...
...Book. In Trapani, Sicily, after he tried to commit suicide and missed, Giuseppe Cavallo was jailed, told it is illegal to shoot oneself without a firearms permit...