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Word: waiver (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...before she agrees to jettison him in Reno's divorce mill. Then she sadly observed that she would go straight back to Playboy Manville if only he would forget this silly business of her signing away all her inheritance rights as his wife. Unbound by such a nasty waiver, she would be sure of a bonanza when he died-enough shekels to bring fulfillment of her wildest dream, so poignantly expressed by Anita when she was billing herself in burlesque as "The Last of the Red-Hot Manvilles." "When Tommy passes on," she said, "I'll be there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 22, 1955 | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...resolution calling on AEC to cancel its $107 million contract to provide 600,000 kw. of power from a new steam plant to be built at West Memphis, Ark. Then the committee proceeded to make it as tough as possible for AEC to ignore its wishes. It rescinded a waiver voted last year on the committee's right to study the contract for 30 days while Congress is in session...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Death for Dixon-Yates? | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...effect of the committee's action was to throw up such a legal dust storm that the air may never clear, thus forcing both Dixon-Yates and AEC to cancel the contract. The Democrats say that the previous committee had no right to grant a waiver while Congress was out of session. Thus, by rescinding the waiver, the contract is right back where it started and must now lie before the Joint Committee for 30 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Death for Dixon-Yates? | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...plan, designed to eliminate duplication in the department, will not permit waiver of final course examinations taken to fill the new requirements by seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philosophy Department Revises Total Program | 12/9/1954 | See Source »

...further ruled out the possibility of a waiver for special students. "There are so many applications, it would be impossible to tell who are the best boys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Club Chiefs Attack $10 Fee Plan | 11/27/1954 | See Source »

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