Word: permitted
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...station, seven AM radio stations and four FM radio outlets. It also syndicates to other TV stations such programs as the John Davidson Show and PM Magazine. The firm, however, has almost reached the maximum number of television and radio stations that the Federal Communications Commission will permit any company to own. Westinghouse thus had to find a new field for expansion in broadcasting. At least for now, the Teleprompter merger will make Westinghouse the king of the cable TV mountain...
...like? Reagan could be counted on to live up to his rhetoric in areas where a President has a high degree of control, such as appointments to the judiciary and the top echelons of the State and Defense departments. He would attempt, to the extent that Congress would permit, to make good on his promises about beefing up the military, focusing initially on personnel...
...they did succeed in changing the whole rationale for them. Now it is admitted that the rate reductions themselves will not necessarily stimulate enough new revenues to offset the loss. Instead, a strict curb on new spending, plus the natural growth of the economy, would provide enough margin to permit the tax measure. Reagan accepted this substantial alteration without much complaint. However he got there, and however little he understood the trip, he arrived at a position that, while still highly debatable, certainly makes more sense than his simplistic pre-convention stand (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...Sturges, the great American comedy director of 40 years ago whose work this film most resembles, Jonathan Demme understands that however flaky and naive a simple soul's dream may be, it is the thing that sustains him and gives him a reason to live; thus he cannot permit his dream to be trifled with. As there was in Demme's equally expert 1977 film Handle with Care, there is affection without patronization here, an unforced appreciation of eccentricity that, in the age of Animal House, is wonderful to behold...
...They only thing that will trigger the removal permit ordinance is if the landlord takes the unit off the rental market," Sullivan said, adding that landlords attempt to skirt the law by selling the units to "investors" who serve as "dummy owners" for the actual occupants...