Word: allows
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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BUCKLEY: It seems to me obvious that university trustees thought the country have been so badgered that many of them become convinced that it's not the job of an educational institution to have a policy about any basic issue. Instead, they allow the student to be taught everything, and then left to decide for himself what is the best course...
...neuter pronoun," shouted Connally. ". . . Mr. President, allow me to say to the Senator from Missouri that he has a regular FBI intellect. He probes into these matters and imagines boogers in every bush. There are no boogers here...
Said Churchill: "Great events are happening and we must not allow the ceaseless clack and clatter which is the characteristic of our age to turn our minds from them. I still hope that the unity now being established among all the Western democracies and Atlantic powers will ward off from us the terror and unspeakable miseries of a third world...
...cost of the plan), or noncontributory (employer pays the full cost). Theoretically, either system may be financed and maintained on a pay-as-you-go basis, or funded (a reserve fund is set up to guarantee payments in good & bad years alike). Some plans-usually the contributory type-allow an employee to build up credits ("vesting"), and cash them in if he leaves the company before retirement. Still others permit an employee-should he leave the company before retirement-to leave his vested share in the company plan, collect a reduced pension when he gets to retirement age. Some offer...
...more puzzling features of cricket to baseball-conscious Americans is that there are no foul balls. The batsman may even hit the ball behind him. The bat is paddle-shaped to allow better control of the ball...