Word: permiting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quite reassured. Alberto Salinas Carranza, chief of Mexico's aviation, sent a message to Sarabia by air mail: "I shiver at hearing that you intend to return from Washington nonstop. . . . Continue flying with your head and do not permit your heart to intervene. Conserve yourself for our pride, the satisfaction of your family and the envy of the birds...
...Vetoed another bill to permit docking horses' tails, commenting: "If the Almighty wanted the bony part of a horse's tail six inches shorter, why didn't He make them grow that way? Don't ask me to assist in changing His plans...
...action is based on a city ordinance requiring that a police permit be obtained for performances open to the public, Sullivan said. As far as could be learned yesterday this rule has never before been invoked on shows produced on University property...
...Permit the States to reduce their unemployment insurance contributions, if their reserve funds are at a safe ratio to their minimum annual outlays. In the 39 States whose reserves are in a condition permitting reductions, employers stand to save $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 in 1940. > Limit the annual income taxable for unemployment compensation to $3,000, which is now the maximum taxable for old-age insurance. Estimated annual saving to employers...
...pilot named Thomas H. Smith called his a "research flight." He took off from Old Orchard Beach, Me. in a light Aeronca powered with a four-cylinder, 65-h.p. engine, started for Ireland with 160 gallons of fuel-enough, he hoped, for 32 to 40 hours. Smith had no permit from the Civil Aeronautics Authority, said he wanted to test the possibilities of light planes for long-distance flights. Said one of Smith's friends: "He is a level-headed kid and I think he'll make it." Forty hours later Irish airmen gave him up, turned...