Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...undertake large-scale oil exploration, are convinced that the 1953 law stunts the nation's economic growth. But nationalistic sentiment remains overwhelmingly strong. How strong it still is became evident last week in the Brazilian Senate, which voted on a bill to amend the Petrobras law and permit 30-year oil concessions to private Brazilian firms. The proposal made no mention of non-Brazilian capital, but it would presumably have permitted some participation by foreign oil companies through investments in Brazilian companies. Modest as the bill was, only five Senators of the 37 present dared vote...
...some 40,000 men. Their leaders, now losing the subsidies and prerogatives accorded to them by the French colonials, are dangerous. "Reorganize your government within five days," said their ultimatum. "Replace it with one that is suitable." The man at the desk bristled with stubborn irritation. "While we permit ourselves foolishness like this," he snapped, "there is a monolith against...
...answered: he was uncertain of them at first, but he was beginning to feel that they were good men and could be trusted. Were things any better since the Communists went away? Some things, the barber replied. "There is peace." And one can travel (the Communists had required a permit for travel even to the nearest market town), and there is medicine from the U.S., and good days for his trade...
Cohen said he expected the field would prove particularly attractive to pre-medical students who did not wish to concentrate entirely in the sciences. The course of study will permit pre-med requirements to be counted in fulfilling concentration requirements, he indicated yesterday...
...Stamford, Conn, told about an electronic decoder that takes over the job. According to C.G.S.. the decoder listens to the dots and dashes and automatically types out not only letters, but words. It adjusts its speed from ten words to 600 words per minute, and memory circuits permit it to "copy behind" the incoming signal, just as a human operator does...