Word: permitted
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Fabric purists, and women whose jobs permit a casual approach, can do a little vamping and pull on a pair of high-fashion Norma Kamali sweat pants; or buy something oversized from the designer boutique section; or dip into the proud father's closet and come up with some huge smothering sweater that, worn with pants and leg warmers, makes any mother-to-be look like an off-center ballerina on her way home from class...
...fact, the dispatch said, a negative vote would "substantially diminish U.S. ability to play a critical role" in Arab-Israeli peace talks it would also "permit the [Soviet] Union to increase its influence in the Arab World." Hours later, a sharply divided Senate approved the sale by a 52-48 margin, making official President Reagan's pledge several months earlier to sell the aircraft. Later, sensors confirmed that last-minute lobbying efforts--like that of the Time group--had tipped the scales in favor of the Saudis...
Mubarak has dealt firmly with the country's Moslem militants without seeming to be vengeful. Like Sadat, he says he will not permit religious-based political parties. But Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo observes, "He is not doing things that antagonize the militants. He gives an image of being clean, firm and fair." The fundamentalists, in fact, approve of Mubarak's campaign against corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with...
...company now has offers from two large financial institutions in the U.S. that are willing to provide up to $200 million in new financing. "The tragedy is that as hard as we worked at it," said De Lorean, "we just didn't have enough inventory financing to permit us to keep all the workers aboard...
...negative vote on the sale would also "substantially diminish U.S. ability to play a critical role" in Arab-Israeli peace talks and "permit the Soviet [Union] to increase its influence in the Arab Gulf," the dispatch--a copy of which The Crimson received this week--contends...