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Word: permitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...China when World War I was declared he left lucrative job immediately, enlisted as private in first contingent to go to France. . . . He learned about ammunition at the receiving end. After the Armistice he blew up German tank barrier to permit passage of division into enemy territory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...Nicaragua rubber plantations, but some rubber is exported from wild trees and more could be had if price justified. Recently I offered crude rubber to an American firm in New York and they promptly answered: "If the quantity is not large enough we are not interested, as import permit is required now from the Government and there is quite a lot of red tape with so many forms and papers to fill." Another firm of Los Angeles, Calif, wrote recently:. "We cannot ship lavatories nor any other sanitary goods as we are unable to obtain allocation for the material required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 23, 1942 | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

...friendly port. Then President Getulio Dornellas Vargas issued two new decrees. Though his Constitution gives him the right, in case of aggression, to declare war without consulting Brazil's decorative legislative bodies, he made assurance doubly sure by reaffirming this power. The other decree amended the Constitution to permit him to seize up to 30% of Axis assets, estimated at between four and six million dollars, exclusive of blocked credits in the Banco do Brasil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War Clock | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

Designed to expand the procurement and training of prospective Naval Reserve officers, the V-1 program will permit students of pursue a normal college course, but with emphasis on such subjects as mathematics, physics, English composition, and American history. Special attention will also be given to physical conditioning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College V-1 Program Receives Naval Department's Approval | 3/19/1942 | See Source »

...batten peacefully on their retirement pay ($6,000 a year). The Army & Navy were preparing to court-martial them. Just when the trials would come off was left hazy. The courts-martial would be held, the War and Navy Departments announced, when "the public interest and safety" permit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Courts-Martial | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

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