Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout the dark nights of unreason, May never tries to explain the horror. The real horror, he knows, is that it cannot be explained. Nor does he permit himself any self-pity or sensationalism. The first time he panicked throughout the long ordeal, he writes, was when he had to rush his pregnant sister to a hospital three days after their bewildered arrival in Washington. Assisted in that sudden release and encouraged to learn English by British Poet-Journalist James Fenton, whom he had met in Phnom Penh, the author, now 29, gets it all down with a straightforward vividness...
...little is known to permit a conclusion as to whether these conditions are met by heterosexual people in the United States. Authorities, however, believe that heterosexual contact is instrumental in the spread of the AIDS virus in central Africa...
They weren't talking about earning that highly-touted official boasting permit, either...
...theater group has asked for permission to explore the possibility of using Lowell Lecture Hall for rehearsal and performance speace pending a decision on the permanent use of the site. At this point, the condition of the building is such that there are major obstacles to obtaining an occupancy permit from the City of Cambridge for this use. No other temporary uses of the building, which is currently used for storage, are now being explored...
...since 1983. More troubling, Pretoria also rejected the visa application of Cowell's successor, Serge Schmemann. That left a major U.S. daily newspaper without the staff to report the news in South Africa, despite entreaties from Times editors in New York City and U.S. embassy officials. Cowell, whose work permit expired last June, had been allowed to remain in the country while his application to stay was reviewed. No reason was given for his expulsion, but South African officials have in the past been riled by Cowell's reporting...