Word: consent
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Since then, fetal research has been limited by the adoption this summer of a fetal-research bill by the Massachusetts legislature. This bill requires "parental consent" before a doctor may experiment on a fetus and prohibits both the culture of live fetal tissue after abortion and experimentation on a fetus while it is still in the womb...
...others in Portugal, from the old aristocratic families that control most of the country's major businesses to the Socialist Party, which is bidding for more leftist support but is not so well organized as the Communists. The strength of the Communists clearly causes Spinola concern. "We cannot consent to the installation of a dictatorship under the cover of liberty," he said recently. "If the silent majority does not wake up and defend its liberties, the 25th of April will have been in vain...
What impressed foreign leaders most of all was Ford's diplomacy on Capitol Hill in the matters of the trade bill. The President agreed to initiate an exchange of letters from Moscow in which the Soviets would consent to end harassment of Jews and to allow all Jews to leave who seek emigration applications (35,000 last year). Assuming the Soviets go along, the Ford compromise clears the way for passage of the bill...
ARNOLD TOYNBEE, British historian: Chinese Emperor Kao-Tsu (founder of the Han dynasty in the 2nd century B.C.) and Roman Emperor Augustus each gave to millions unity and peace that lasted because their policies were based on moderation which won consent. Thus they repaired the breakdown of the coercive unity briefly imposed by their unsuccessful predecessors, Shih Wang-ti and Julius Caesar...
Mobil, of course, could go ahead with a tender offer to Marcor stockholders without the consent of Marcor's managers. A Mobil spokesman noted that the company has "had a policy since 1968 of seeking out diversification opportunities." Having taken six years to select a suitable partner, the odds are that Mobil will not give up easily...