Word: consent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only scorn and contempt. A man of smaller calibre might have given up the struggle- but not "Pluck" Glass. For his reward he had a bill in which he boasted "not an 'i' had been dotted nor 't' crossed by its opponents" without his consent...
...there has been unsportsmanlike play. . . . We hope the situation now is not so serious as your cable seemed to indicate. But if it is such as to jeopardize good relations between English and Australian cricketers and you consider it desirable to cancel the remainder of the program, we would consent . . . with great reluctance. . . ." While waiting for the B. C. C. to decide whether or not to resume the test matches (with England ahead, 2-to-1, in the three-out-of-five series) the British team engaged in an exhibition match with New South Wales on a rain-soaked pitch...
Calm as a badger, up rose Idaho's wrinkled Borah, seldom the man to stop a good fight. He wanted to make way for an amendment to the Glass bill which would make it less obnoxious to the Long faction. He asked for unanimous consent to limit further debate on the bill in a proposal tantamount to cloture. "If we cannot secure agreement," he added grimly, "I myself am going to make a speech." He secured agreement...
...possible damage to the pound sterling. Bankers in The City were aware that no foreign issues can be floated in London but had no idea that the Bank of England's financial dictatorship extended to private deals of the Boots type. And since the Bank's tacit consent had already been given they fumed at this change of opinion. Said one angry editor: "Philip Hill might be expected to receive congratulations and possibly even mention in the next honors list for bringing a great British company back to British control. But instead the Treasury has selected its largest...
...sign a pledge to "live a life of self-sacrifice," putting themselves at the bishop's disposal for five years, to go wherever he should direct. Living conditions might be hard, salaries low. Candidates would promise not to marry or become engaged without the bishop's consent...