Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after an initial period of giddiness, learn to defend themselves against such social lures. But a worse temptation, thinks Correspondent Clark, is the temptation for a correspondent to become first over-dignified, then over-deferential, finally timid, with a "growing inclination to accept statements at their face value, to permit invidious remarks to go unchallenged...
This writer expands his views by saying that "those who accuse Harvard of taking a superior position in football matters are wrong. The Harvard Dons are merely better judges of relative values in education than authorities who permit football to wag the college. Harvard's position is consistent with a University in which the founders were concerned about their-children growing up in ignorance...
...most of us, education means learning how to think and not what to think. We have insisted, especially in the midst of the ideological storm of the present crisis, on the maintenance of educational standards which permit a maximum exchange of ideas, and a minimum of stereo typed, "follow-the-leader" thought. In the light of such beliefs, the oft-repeated idea of a college "morale-building" program strikes an unpleasant and unresponsive chord in the minds of those who believe in the preservation of academic liberty and in the destruction of intellectual straitjackets...
...Bellboys met some unexpected opposition from the Clippers who put up a game fight throughout the contest. In the second quarter, however, the Claverly defense weakened just long enough to permit Bill Murphy to heave the winning points on a touchdown pass to right end "Cush" Eels. On the first play of the game, Eels dislocated a finger on his right hand but remained silent and continued the game. When he snagged the serial from Murphy, he was forced to use his arms in bringing the ball down, but he held on to it and chalked up another victory...
Roller bearings, said Timken's intrepid ad, would permit "one-speed" railroading (identical speeds for freight and passenger trains), would accelerate the whole defense program, save building many new cars. Other roller-bearing claims: 1) starting resistance reduced by 88%; 2) elimination of hotbox delay; 3) reduced maintenance costs...