Word: assents
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...Cyprus problem: "I did not fight with a gun," he says. "I did not watch friends die beside me. My father is from that generation. I am not." Which is one reason why he, not Rauf, championed opening the green line. To push through his plan, Serdar needed the assent not just of his father, whose personal prestige and contacts in Ankara make him a dominant voice, but the Turkish government itself and the Turkish military, which keeps more than 40,000 troops on the island. Serdar says he brought up the idea of "opening the gates" four years...
While the healthy ones murmured their assent, those banned from sweeter drinks groaned good-naturedly...
...thin majority if he bows to U.S. pressure. "We committed ourselves to say no," says Christian Strobele, a stalwart Green pacifist who nearly brought down the government when Schroder sent troops to Afghanistan. "That can only mean that even on the Security Council, we cannot consider giving our assent...
...Music, to me, has been everything,” Banfield says, and the other boys nod in assent. Turnbull looks fondly at them and nods slowly...
...selection of Kissinger, however, is a meaningful one, demonstrating that Bush is serious about the panel and its duty. Bush’s choice is symbolic also, a hint to lawmakers that the administration remembers—and may assent to—Kissinger’s effective, if controversial, political methods...