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Word: permitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Either Secretary Tobin had not done his homework on the law in the case or he did not understand what he had studied, but he tried again. No President, he said, would ever permit the economy of the U.S. "to be brought to its knees in a great national emergency." That didn't have to mean an injunction, he said. "He [the President] might handle it differently." But Tobin could not think what a "different" method might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Knees High, Elbows Out | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...pals of the 43rd, ex-Sergeant F. Allen Shippee, who now manages an ice plant in East Providence, R.I. José said that he wanted to come to the States to study agriculture, and would sell his carabao to pay for it. Shippee put up bond to permit him entry into the U.S. as a nonquota student, and fixed up a room for him in the Shippee home. Last week, Little Joe, with $32 in his pocket, arrived in Providence. For his old friends in the 43rd, he had brought along a big grin, and 7 Ibs. of bucayo, wrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VETERANS: Little Joe | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...Permit me to answer the question posed on the Humphrey cover: "What did the people really want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 7, 1949 | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...importance of these classifications in a totalitarian state is obvious. A Hungarian applying for a job, a marriage license, a business permit, a ration card, or anything requiring public regulation will be dealt with according to the color and contents of his card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: The Classless Society | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

...agent of the wartime Soviet spy ring in Canada. Carr was turned over to the U.S. Immigration Department to await a deportation hearing on Ellis Island. There he was joined by his wife, who had come down to the U.S. from Toronto last December without a visitor's permit, and had stayed beyond the 29-day limit. Mrs. Carr was asked if she knew that her husband was a Russian spy. Said she: "I suppose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE DOMINION: What Made Sam Run | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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