Word: consent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...interrupting the rhythm of his gavel, or pausing to let the Senate guess what he had in mind, the Vice President shouted "Without objection the Bill as amended is passed." Under the rules one shout of "I object" could have stopped him - for one is enough to prevent unanimous consent - but none of the surprised Senators had just those words on the tip of his tongue...
Texas' Tom Connally rose to his feet. "Mr. President," he drawled, "we haven't nominated anybody yet. I therefore ask unanimous consent that we consider the Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Harrison, and the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Barkley, as candidates." Seventy-four Senators snickered at this bit of superfluity. Chairman Pittman sang, "Without objection it is so ordered,'' and the voters resumed their trips to the table, one by one, until Burt Wheeler gingerly cast the last ballot. Senator Pittman banged his gavel: "The judges will count the votes." There were 75. "The judges will read...
...British cannot partition Palestine, which they hold as a mandate from the League, without the consent of Geneva's Permanent Mandates Commission, and its president is the Italian Marquis Alberto Theodoli-another reason why the British Cabinet were being nice to Il Duce...
...Consanguinity, lack of free consent, mistaken identity, mental deficiency, insanity, sexual immaturity, impotence, venereal disease, bigamy...
...University was partly blamed for the evil through badly-organized courses and the loss co contact between student and instructor owing to the burden of research. The only official action to date has been the forbidding of holders of honorary or stipendiary rewards to aid the bureaus without written consent...