Word: restricted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British governor general would now be hemmed in by advisers; 2) before the second vote is taken, all British forces are to be withdrawn from the Sudan and the civil services are to be "Sudanized"; 3) the plebiscite, to be administered by an international commission, is to restrict the choices to two-complete independence or union with Egypt. There would be no opportunity to choose dominion status within the British Commonwealth...
...Oddest thing is that after all these weeks of whistle-stopping, television, button-wearing (all novelties to us), publicity and advertising, probably not more than 50 percent of the potential voters will vote. Why have literacy tests (in 14 states) and poll taxes (in five) to restrict the franchise...
Forward Step. To achieve this, Rab Butler has done more than restrict imports. He has fought inflation at home and cut consumer-spending by tighter restriction on credit, the reduction of food subsidies and other measures. These anti-consumption measures have worked. Tea (which was recently derationed) and other foods are now plentiful. Prices have risen enough so that buyers find themselves rationed by their own purses rather than government decree. Thus, Rab Butler has cut the amount of sterling needed for purchases abroad. He was also helped by the fall in world prices of commodities Britain buys, without...
...permit unlimited free travel between East Bengal (East Pakistan) and West Bengal (India). Under cover of this agreement, trade (and smuggling) between the two countries flourished to such an extent that some Hindus unwisely began to speak of a reunited Bengal. That was when Pakistan decided to restrict free travel; India thereupon decided to meet ban with...
...Social Service Committee, however, does not restrict itself solely to settlement house work. Programs have been set up in such places as the Youth Service Board Detention Home in Boston. Boston Psychopathic Hospital, Children's Aid Association. Boy Scout Groups, and inter-racial projects...