If the body couldn't replace what was lost quick enough, he thought it was permissible to top that level up to its natural state.
At the time, it was permissible to use certain steroids on horses.
It was permissible, they said, to put up "reasonable decorations" in private offices and cubicles.
"We sat down together: it was permissible under what was called judges' rules in those days".
Nevertheless, even in jurisdictions where it was permissible, electrocution was rarely employed, a sharp contrast from earlier practice.
Later, after the worshipers had returned, there was a serious theological discussion about whether it was permissible to make snowballs.
Leibovich defended Israel's action in international waters, saying it was permissible when a country's security was threatened.
Last year, Rabbi Wohlberg said it was permissible for his congregants to eat legumes, called kitniyot in Hebrew.
Similarly, it was permissible to shoot at any Vietnamese seen running, but, as Eriksson put it, "the line between walking and running could be very thin".
A press representative for the Tony Awards could not immediately say whether it was permissible for winners to give away their trophies.
After he finished poorly in one competition, Hansen had to explain to him that it was permissible to get up and go to the bathroom.
