Word: sanctions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...King George VI. The crush developed into a full-fledged romance. When she was in her mid-20s, and Townsend had divorced his wife, a wedding seemed to be the next thing on Margaret's agenda. But Queen Elizabeth, as head of the Church of England, could not sanction the marriage of her younger sister, then third in line to the throne behind Prince Charles and Princess Anne, to a divorced...
...quotas. And, some Jews seemed to hold a particular feeling of resentment towards blacks, who "wanted special privilege," believing that if Jews could overcome their own hardship by their bootstraps, others could as well. For those once discriminated against unofficially, it became difficult to understand why the government should sanction this new form of discrimination against them...
...economic miracle also created a new middle class that began to murmur about the need for social freedoms and political privileges to accompany the economic advances. Franco, determined to maintain firm control over all aspects of Spanish life, would not sanction such reforms and indeed did not understand the need for them. Students demonstrated for educational reforms at universities in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Santiago, Valencia and Seville and doggedly battled police who sought to stop them. Liberal priests and moderate bishops changed the Roman Catholic Church from a staunch supporter of the regime to an independent and often critical force...
Eliot did not directly ask Morgan to raise his contribution, but an appeal for more money was certainly strongly implied; Eliot asked Morgan if he would sanction building the Med School additions out of brick and stone instead of the grander marble that Morgan was expecting...
...think they're deviants and should be kept apart from children." Winnie and Albert Lefebvre acknowledged that a good many homosexuals are probably already in the school system, but opposed a bill that would officially protect those jobs. "All we're saying is don't give it legal sanction," says Lefebvre. "Just don't condone...