Word: permiting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Permit me to say that these purchases were made purely as an investment, and are in no way financed, or connected with Mr. Hearst, or any of his corporations...
...Catholic, Archbishop Mooney expressed his regret for Father Coughlin's language, took issue with him on his reasoning. Two days later Father Coughlin announced that he was canceling his contract for 26 radio broadcasts which were to have begun October 31. Archbishop Mooney, he declared, had declined to permit the radio priest to publish a rebuttal to the Michigan Catholic statement. Said a spokesman for Father Coughlin: "It was quite apparent that Father Coughlin would be permitted only to talk platitudes that mean nothing; that he could not say what he thinks, but only what the Archbishop thinks...
...into a vast annealing furnace, where oil burners made it red hot. Workmen inched the completed 230-ton tank out of the Kellogg shop and onto two of the ten longest (55-ft.) flatcars in the world. Railroad curves, bridges and tunnels between Jersey City and Whiting did not permit freightage of Stanolind's tank. So the Lehigh Valley R.R. hauled it two miles to the west bank of the Hudson. All traffic on the railroad had to stop while this went...
...merely to get boks they might have applied for at the desk, or to sit and study a volume they might just as well have used in the reading room or their own quarters. All this implies unwarranted suspicion of the student's sincerity. The men whose college records permit them to write theses for honors have proved both their ability and sincerity. If allowed to work without obstruction they might make worthwhile contributions to their fields...
...Post, who was once heard to describe a table layout as "lousy," adds such expressions as "O.K.." "swell," "divine," "and how!" "so what?" "you betcha." But she never hears "colyum," "ottawobile," "eggsit," "tomayto," "cult-your" (which she pronounces "cultcha")* in good society. Her pet hate: pretentious circumlocutions such as "permit me to assist you" instead of "let me help...