Word: assenting
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...much the strength of the Turks as the weakness of the Allies that influenced the course of events. The United States did send two observers, but observers do not influence the Turks. It takes force or a show of force to do so. ... Lord Curzon had to assent to Ismet's statement that the Armenian question was ended by the destruction of the Armenians, and the greatest crime of history was condoned. . . . But as long as the United States persists in its course of isolation ... it ill becomes us to criticize the other Powers. . . . Why had our help...
...politicians from taking the opposite side of the question - it would mean a terrible loss of votes. Osmena is far from likely to chance it. Even the Democratic Party, the younger school of politicians, as opposed to the older school of Quezon and Osmena, maintains an attitude of critical assent to Quezon's move. But the Democratic Party can hardly be said to count because it is a very small minority in the Legislature...
House of Lords. Lady Astor's bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 years of age passed its third reading without amendment. It now needs only the Royal Assent before it becomes...
...King to create a peer or elevate one to a higher rank without the advice of his First Minister, especially when dealing with Royal Blood. Usually the Prime Minister makes a list of people recommended to the Crown for honors, and with the King's assent the list is published on such days as the Sovereign's Birthday, New Year's Day or any special day of national significance...
...matter how much we really were bored by Die Walküre. Indeed to dismiss all opera with a gesture might really appear, at times, to be going too far. But to the implication that vaudeville is an unappreciated art among our own clever-clevers, it seems safe to assent...