Word: consent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arise Dissent Sir: I have as good a sense of humor as the next man, but when you quote me directly as saying that I was not interested in how many Senators came to the preview of Advise and Consent [March 30!, I must respectfully request a correction. I arranged the private showing in Washington and was particularly honored by the great number of Senators and their wives present...
...hand were 76 Senators (enough to override a presidential veto), Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and William Brennan, Postmaster General J. Edward Day, USIA Chief Edward R. Murrow, Marine Commandant David M. Shoup, and some 400 lesser lights-all gathered for a private movie showing of Advise and Consent, based on Allen Drury's novel about the U.S. Senate...
Representatives of the committee are meeting with officials of the University in an effort to gain official advice and consent. "This will not be buried," Arthur D. Trottenberg '48, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Business Affairs, reportedly told the students, assuring them that their proposals would be presented to President Pusey for further consideration...
...years earlier toppled the prolific and powerful Rana family, which had ruled Nepal for a century. The young King was filled with democratic good intentions. A poet as well as a pragmatic politician, he personally edited a constitution for his 9,000,000 people (91 % illiterate) and gave his consent to Nepal's first national election...
...said that the one-party systems in parts of Africa leave room for some dissent and leave "tribal systems involving consent" intact...