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Word: permitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...promise faded into an invasion in Korea which appeared just three days after spring had been packed away. The false promise of last year--and we cannot help but consider last spring guilty of a deception--has infected the coming season with a pessimism and cynicism that will permit of little planning, dreaming, clean slates, or new leaves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Hopes Eternal | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...aggressor, and 2) authorize an air and sea blockade of China. If it did not, U.S. forces should be withdrawn from Korea. He firmly supported the President's policy of sending troops to Western Europe. "The people of America do not want to sit on the sidelines and permit Stalin to take control of all Europe," said the governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Governor | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...next morning abashed Tibetans remaining in Chamdo discovered that they had been routed by a fireworks display. Commented the official: "The Chinese used skyrockets and other fireworks to turn night into day and to permit Tibetan officers and troops to see fear on each other's faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: The Strategy of Fireworks | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...encourage people to hold on to their E bonds by continuing the interest after maturity. If they keep the bonds for ten more years, they will collect an average annual interest of 2.9%. As an alternative for those who want to collect on their bonds every year, Snyder would permit them to convert their E bonds to G bonds, which pay 1¼% interest every six months. At week's end a bill was sent to Congress to write the plan into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Hold More Bonds | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

World Leadership. In Canberra, Australia, an official explained why the liquor laws in the capital city had been revised to permit 1) hotel barmaids, 2) sale of liquor in grocery stores, and 3) drinking at dances: "We're trying to make the place more like Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 29, 1951 | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

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