Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Permit me to lay a cool hand on the fevered brow of your correspondent from Scranton, Dennis F. Crolly, who was so exercised last week (TIME, April 15) about the matter of legs, Nancy Hanks and the disintegrating influence of the Rue de la Paix as set forth in French Line advertising. Nancy was a fine woman; in that I am in entire agreement with him. If she were alive today, probably the French Line would be proud to offer her a cabin de luxe on the lie de France and I would personally shepherd her from shop to shop...
...Senate, Vice President Curtis banged his gavel until the muttering chamber was as quiet as a schoolroom, before he would permit Chaplain E. Barney Thorne Phillips to pray. The President's call was read, four Senators were sworn in. Ohio's Burton delivered a long, moving eulogy of the late ambassador to France, Myron Timothy Herrick. Then Indiana's Watson, now officially the majority leader, uncrossed his legs, swung himself out of his seat, moved adjournment, thus postponing commencement of the Senate's work until another...
...order to permit practical discussion among a more homogeneous group, with the purpose of being therefore more effective in accomplishing the desired end, the organization will substitute in lieu of participation in the Northfield gathering, an individual Harvard conference, to be held in the fall for students in the University. This was tried for the first time last fall, when 50 or 60 members of the various representative organizations gathered at Cedar Hill for a week-end discussion of practical problems that arose within the University. It was this conference that ultimately led to the sweeping reorganization of the Brooks...
...Last week bids were received for enlarging the interior of the Stanford-White-designed executive offices. Low bidder ($15,225) was the N. P. Severin Co. of Chicago. The basement will be renovated as office and storage space. The West embankment will be cut away to the street to permit basement windows...
...brother-journalist interested in accuracy and as an admiring reader of TIME, permit me to challenge a statement on page 32 of your March 25 issue under the Music department to this effect...