Word: assents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shoulders of the Government. The bill is then to be sent back to the House of Lords in its original form; but their lordships, satisfied that the onus of responsibility is not shared by Conservatives, will pass the bill, which will then become law after the Royal Assent has been obtained. That the Irish crisis will, however, be intensified by the passage of the Boundary Amendment Act was the opinion of competent observers...
...spacious room of the British Foreign Office. Premier Ramsay MacDonald made a speech of welcome : "The Allied Governments have been meeting and have come to certain understandings which they wish to communicate to the German Government and, in so far as they require to have the assent of the German Government, they wish to discuss them with it. The sole business of the Conference is to deal with matters arising out of the application of the Experts' Report; and to that I must, as Chairman of the Conference, confine its attention. I hope that by the exercise...
...classes honestly represented." Herr Graefe, Freedom Party (extreme Monarchists), said his party favored "passive resistance [to France] even if it leads to leaving Berlin in ashes. But," he continued, turning to the Moderates and Communists, "if you want blood you may have it!" General Ludendorff was seen to nod assent. Herr Graefe then referred admiringly to the General and the Communists roared: "Throw...
...World Court proposed by Senator Lodge without consulting him (TIME, May 19). It was generally conceded that the Lodge Court was ready for its political obsequies, if it had not been stillborn. What was needed was a new scion, begotten or adopted with the President's assent, one in whom the party could unite its fondest hopes, one to whom it could Point with Pride in the next campaign...
...house on the Boulevard du Bois de Boulogne in Paris said when questioned about the sale: "See the treasurer of my household. ... I occupy myself with nothing concerning the sale. My Berlin agents receive offers in my name. The French and German Governments doubtless will have to give their assent to the sale, which will be a pure formality. I shall have to intervene only when the sale is concluded...