Word: assents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after, a letter came to Dr. Nourse from the White House. Wrote Harry Truman: "I have been increasingly aware of your desire to retire ... I must assent to your request to be relieved of your duties...
They were picked by the nominating committee of the Council; others who wish to run will have to file a petition with 25 names before 5 p.m. next Wednesday. All the nominated men have to do is to signify assent and hand in a brief biography and picture...
Since the truth is painful, your Aug. 30 article concerning Louisiana almost hospitalized me. My only comment is assent...
...railroad labor leader, bellowed hoarsely: "The blockade has failed, and now the Communists can only wait for the help of General Hunger and Generalissimo-" (here he paused long enough for the crowd to expect to hear "Stalin") "-Winter." Pietch concluded: "Again they will fail!" And the crowd roared its assent...
...born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to,rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools...