Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end, Egypt admitted that the Athos had indeed sailed from Alexandria harbor a fortnight earlier, but denied supplying the arms because "the international situation does not permit Egypt to deprive itself of modern armaments." The French, feeling at last that they now had a case against Nasser, were considering taking the Athos case to the U.N. Security Council...
...Abolished the group's long-standing restriction on remarriage of the guilty party in divorce, decided to permit Lutheran pastors to remarry any divorced person who shows repentance. Marriage is a "lifelong, indissoluble union." declared the delegates, but "God in His love does accept the sinner...
...Slouch. At 17 Bertie was dubbed Knight of the Garter, and established in his own "household." His equerries were instructed never to permit "lounging ways, such [as] lolling in armchairs" or "slouching ... with hands in the pocket." All "satirical or bantering expressions" were taboo, and "a practical joke was never to be permitted." Bertie's leisure was to be spent "looking over drawings or engravings." On reading this memorandum, the Knight of the Garter burst into tears...
Clearly the most efficient and fairest system would permit the upperclass student to vote for as many candidates as there are positions to fill, with a straight plurality electing...
...enrollment in French Ra has, as a result, dropped from about 150 last year to only 35 this fall. According to Edward J. Geary, assistant professor of Romance Languages and Coordinator of the Language Program, this will permit instructors to give closer attention to poorer language students who have not been able to get this attention in the past...