Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weekly Der Spiegel, Erhard, ever sensitive to personal criticism, could restrain himself no longer. "Today it has become fashionable for poets to be social critics," he exploded in a speech at Düsseldorf. "If they are, it is of course their good democratic right. But then they must permit themselves to be addressed as they deserve-as philistines and nitwits who pass judgments about things which they simply do not understand." In another speech he snapped that Hochhuth was a kleiner Pinscher (small terrier). As for Grass, Erhard growled: "There is a kind of intellectualism that can turn into...
...Couples determined to divorce often resort to staged infidelity, while those who can afford to, get divorces in other states. In theory, U.S. marriages can be ended only by the state of "domicile"-the state in which the parties really live. In practice, states such as Idaho and Nevada permit divorce after only six weeks' residence. And inconsistent as it seems, New York approves such divorces: the Constitution commands all states to give "full faith and credit" to one another's court judgments...
...modernization of the King James Version that preserves as much of its stately prose rhythms as scholarly accuracy and modern English usage will permit, the RSV is probably the most widely used Protestant Bible in the U.S. today. The Catholic RSV differs in fewer than 50 passages from the Protestant edition, includes a twelve-page appendix of notes explaining difficult lines. Most of the changes were made to preserve familiar phrases that have been hallowed by Catholic tradition or to emphasize a point of doctrine. In Luke 1:28, where the Protestant RSV has the Angel Gabriel addressing Mary...
...hero is confronted by all his former women finds very fitting application here. The poolroom fight from Irma La Douce is transferred to a library where it unfortunately becomes less effective. Best of all, there is a classic Keystone Cops parody using go-carts instead of jalopies. These parodies permit the script to jump out of reality without invoking our disbelief...
...night spots, such as Shepheard's, Arthur, and II Mil, which all depart from discotheque tradition by featuring eacophonous bands along with the usual LP platters. La Discotheque Nicole is closer to the French version; it is small, has only recorded music, and keeps down the sound level to permit conversation...