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  • However people may carp or cavil about what has become known as the Permissive Age, I believe that free communication, even if pushed to excess, is infinitely preferable to the murk of ignorance.

    An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

  • The great problem of the liquor traffic had been brought to the front, in a large measure owing to the spirited but somewhat mischievous campaign maintained at a great cost by the United Kingdom Alliance, in favour of the measure known as the Permissive Bill.

    Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 Reid, Stuart J 1905

  • The great problem of the liquor traffic had been brought to the front, in a large measure owing to the spirited but somewhat mischievous campaign maintained at a great cost by the United Kingdom Alliance, in favour of the measure known as the Permissive Bill.

    Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 1887

  • 'Permissive Gun Law' Charge Spreads, Why Not 'Permissive' Visa Laws?

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • 'Permissive Gun Law' Charge Spreads, Why Not 'Permissive' Visa Laws?

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • 'Permissive Gun Law' Charge Spreads, Why Not 'Permissive' Visa Laws?

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • 'Permissive Gun Law' Charge Spreads, Why Not 'Permissive' Visa Laws?

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • 'Permissive Gun Law' Charge Spreads, Why Not 'Permissive' Visa Laws?

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • A further layer is Permissive Action Links PAL, essentially electronic locks and keys designed to prevent unauthorized access to nuclear weapons, and Pakistan asserts that it has the “functional equivalent” of these.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • A further layer is Permissive Action Links PAL, essentially electronic locks and keys designed to prevent unauthorized access to nuclear weapons, and Pakistan asserts that it has the “functional equivalent” of these.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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