Word: consent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cameramen had obtained the Nominee's consent to pose with George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, famed rightfielder of the New York team. But when the cameramen went to fetch Fielder Ruth, he declined. "It's a matter of politics," he was reported to have said...
...Prime Minister Baron Tanaka of Japan denounced as "Outrageous!" last week, the recent Chinese Nationalist vote which declared abrogated the Sino-Japanese Commerce and Navigation Treaty of 1896. Baron Tanaka contended in a stiff note to the Nationalists that the Treaty cannot be abrogated except by mutual consent. Though the Japanese legal position is strong, Chinese consider it "outrageous" for Japan to demand the pound of flesh which is her due under this old treaty, originally signed with the Chinese Imperial Regime, which has been defunct for a decade and a half...
...election. Prince Rebuffed. The Governor (mayor) of Rome, Prince Ludovico Spada Potenziani, was refused an annullment of his marriage by the Tribunal of the Sacred Rota,* which rejected his contention that he is not really the husband of Princess Potenziani because their marriage ceremony was "performed without her full consent...
Away from London, last week, sped heads of every important communications system in the British Empire. They were well pleased with themselves, for they had just agreed that, with the consent of the Dominion and Imperial Parliaments, they would merge all their services into a single, gigantic corporation. And they had guarded against internal wars between radio and cable factions. They had asked the government to keep the balance of power...
...Last week, the board of directors of Fierce-Arrow approved the plans of Studebaker for a merger of the two firms; President Myron E. Forbes of Fierce-Arrow called for a meeting of the stockholders on July 25, writing them that it would be for their own good to consent to the plans. No matter how good the product, a large organization is necessary for success in the automobile business today? was the keynote of President Forbes' letter...