Word: permitted
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...four Mississippi counties have rejected the floating crap tables and roulette wheels; three have approved them. State law gives each county its own option on whether to permit gambling, just as it does with alcohol. In fact, gaming has been readily available to Mississippians for years. Boats offering "dinner cruises" regularly leave Gulfport and Biloxi bound for international waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The slots and dice usually roll long before the boats reach the 12-mile limit...
...dramatic mood swings. Little things crushed us. When we heard about Jesse Jackson's taking out a number of people, all of us were filled with hate and anger. Who picked the lucky ones? we asked ourselves. Why them and not others? News that George Bush would not permit the presence of hostages to influence his foreign policy saddened us. I was a combat veteran who had served in Vietnam. I wanted to count for something. Even the news that the President would spend Thanksgiving with the troops, such a short distance away, depressed me. You begin to feel abandoned...
Neighborhood residents also tried unsuccessfully to block St. Louis' efforts to get a permit from the city Board of Zoning Appeal in October, he said...
...Louis still got his permit, by pointing out that the residents' parking concerns are unfounded...
Small cars are nothing new. But how about one so tiny you can park it perpendicular to the curb, even in a parallel-parking zone? Try to imagine a car so simple that a 14-year-old may drive it without a permit, that requires no license plates because it need not be registered, that can be insured at less than a quarter of the rate for regular automobiles, and that is durable and so efficient it can travel 60 miles on one-half to three-quarters of a gallon of diesel fuel...