Word: assents
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...whiskey voice will be singing that "Memory plays tricks on us,/ The more we cling, the less we trust,/ And the less we trust the more we hurt,/ And as time goes by it just gets worse." Then the guy at the end of the bar will nod in assent and wonder why they don't write feelings like that any more...
This lack of objectives is not the fault of the U.N. bureaucracy. Strategy is not its business. That must come from the Great Powers. But when the U.S. makes plain that it will pursue nothing that does not command the assent of "the allies" -- and the allies have conflicting objectives -- the result is guaranteed chaos...
...participate in the evaluation process; if a course does not appear in the Guide we were most likely unable to obtain the instructor's permission." What is up with that? Teaching undergraduates at the world's best university is a privilege, one that should be conditional upon the assent given to evaluation...
John Paul makes a glancing reference to the eternal perdition that could await moral miscreants and outlines a tightening up of his earthly ranks. The encyclical directs all theologians to display "a loyal assent, both internal and external," as they discuss morals. And he rails against the "carefully orchestrated protests and polemics carried on in the media" that undercut church policies...
...these senators had it in mind to express qualified assent with their moot no votes, then they will have succeeded in defending themselves against charges that they were vehement supporters of an unpopular measure...