Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other campaign promises also will be difficult for Deukmejian to keep. He emphasized new efforts to combat crime, which will cost money. A champion of law-and-order, Deukmejian, as a member of the state legislature, helped restore the death penalty, although his bill to permit execution for armed robbery did not pass. He complained that Brown had appointed too many "liberal" judges who failed to "protect the rights of victims as well as protecting the rights of the accused." But in his last hours in office, Brown appointed 52 judges, a record number for a single day, prompting Deukmejian...
...debate about the war continue, let the investigation of the massacre run its course. And give Arabs in Israel the chance to express themselves, permit the Sephardim to voice their discontent. Stifling discord, ignoring the problems that any democratic society inevitably encounters will only prove counter-productive and make the Israeli fruit rotten. That is the danger from within...
...large U.S. and West European banks are right to be concerned about the drift of events, even if governments are not likely to permit big bank failures. The blow to public confidence would be so great
Another worry is that the channel will upset the migration patterns of wildlife, particularly antelopes. To minimize the canal's impact, 160 miles of the waterway will have gradually sloping embankments to permit animals to swim across...
...glamorous characters in the world, very sexy but saying to the world, 'If you touch me, I'll kill you.' Four years ago, when I was 27 and doing the part in London, I overplayed the power. I now allow more light in the power and permit myself early scenes. You tend to carry things lighter as you get older...