Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Douglas gagged at the stench and bolted for the door. Ferguson demanded: "Aren't there any health laws? Surely, we don't permit that kind of thing?" The police officer explained that eviction notices were served but seldom enforced: where would these people go? In 1946, Congress had authorized $20 million for District of Columbia slum clearance, but it had never appropriated the money. Cried Baldwin: "The smell! The smell! It's bad enough when this high wind is blowing. What must it be like in the hot summer months...
...Okutani, observed: "If it had not been for the war you would have had to accept the traditional way." Little Chieko Tsuchida took up the argument. "My grandfather," she said,-"wants to pick a husband for me. I am opposed to an arranged marriage. My character won't permit it. I'm simply not the quiet or the obedient sort." Said Kanno: "She's an example of the otemba type...
...Civil Aeronautics Board, prodded by the big carriers, announced that it would ground the nonskeds as of June 20. After that, any "large" irregular carrier (i.e., flying any airplane heavier than 10,000 Ibs.) would have to have CAB's permission to stay in business. In granting permits, CAB would hold the nonskeds accountable for such past sins as flying on what amounted to regular schedules, and thus, according to scheduled airlines, taking business away from them. Anybody who got a permit would have to stick to irregular charter service...
This year's seniors will be the first ever to permit the College to spend the interest which the gift will earn from year to year, David T. W. McCord '21, chairman of the Fund Council, said yesterday. Interest on the traditional $100,000 gift usually amounts to $25,000 over the 25-year period...
...entries, all seniors, will huddle, shivering, along the starting line at the foot of Tower Court hill. They will be attired in caps and gowns, the latter rolled up to permit sprinting. Each girl will have a hoop...