Search Details

Word: permitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...accepted in place of one of the two modern languages, and in fulfillment of this the Cp 4 admission examination has been accepted in place of the reading knowledge test in college. Now that four years of French or German can be offered before admission, a logical step would permit all the reading knowledge requirements to be anticipated by good grades in the Cp 4 examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A USEFUL STEP | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...President signed the Cooper-Hawes bill, providing that only States which permit convict-made goods to be sold in competition with commercial goods, can receive and sell convict-made goods from other states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

With a vicious criticism of the Interstate Commerce Commission, he mentioned as an instance that the Pennsylvania Railroad is regulated under laws which permit neither advancement nor a fair return on capital invested. A greater degree of freedom would allow the railroad to put its plans through more effectively, since it would be unhampered by restricting laws...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Railroad Head Raps Restrictions of Interstate Commerce Commission--Forsees 30,000,000 Population in New York | 1/31/1929 | See Source »

...large a number of persons as possible. The staff, are ready and anxious to undertake the rearrangement and labelling but they felt it was beyond their power unless they could be provided with trained assistance and working facilities. The income of the Museum was not only too small to permit this, but was insufficient for effective administration even after modernization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Director of Peabody Museum Maps His Reorganization Campaign | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

...cramped and insufficient space to which our very excellent library was confined has been nearly doubled by the removal of partitions and the addition to it of considerable adjoining space. Adequate lighting, seats, and tables, are being provided and will permit us to extend the privilege of access to the stacks to graduate students as well as to the officers of the institution. Provision has been made for the casing necessary to the development of the synoptic collections. Telephonic facilities have been increased. Bids for installation of an elevator have been called for, and its installation will remove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Director of Peabody Museum Maps His Reorganization Campaign | 1/29/1929 | See Source »

Previous | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Next