Word: provisos
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Fearful that twelve miles might win, the U.S. finally agreed to turn its face from 165 years of tradition, and offered to compromise on a six-mile territorial sea limit, plus an additional six-mile fishing zone, with the proviso that any foreign nation that "regularly for the period of five years" had been fishing in that zone should be allowed to continue. This, said Arthur Dean, represented "extraordinary sacrifices" by the U.S., but "those who came here believing in the straight twelve-mile limit have not budged an inch...
...occasion the sectarian question was brought up explicitly and officially. In May, 1925, at a meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs, the War Memorial Committee proposed a resolution favoring construction of the church. Before a vote could be taken, Edward E. Sanborn of the Southern California Club recommended a proviso that "any chapel should not be limited to any sect or creed, but should be open to any priest or preacher or rabbi." Judging from the minutes of the meeting, this proposal was met by silence. The original resolution was immediately passed without discussion...
...sole unfairness of the present system lies in the assumption of many forced commuters that once they get a foothold in the College they will be able to obtain rooms in the Houses. The form letter sent to forced commuters reads: "Acceptance of admission with the above proviso does not mean permanent exclusion from dormitory living." Although the Admissions Committee offers "no guarantee," it should not offer a hope which figures belie...
...questionnaire thus asks University groups whether they favor extending full-membership to women, and if they would favor the merger if there were a proviso that the organization change its name and/or include Cliffe students on executive boards...
...likely to approve either an administration measure calling for $1,300,000,000 to be spent over a four-year period or another bill calling for $3,600,000,000 over six years. Unfortunately, Representative Powell may reinsert his amendment prohibiting aid to school systems practicing segregation. The same proviso doomed the 1956 bill. Committee testimony has shown the crying need of our school systems, and a more positive approach to the segregation issue might enable a federal aid bill to pass...