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...case, Martin v. Wilks, the Justices will consider whether white fire fighters can challenge an affirmative-action scheme reached through an agreement between blacks and the city of Birmingham that was approved without the whites taking part. Ordinarily, third parties are barred from going to court to object to "consent decrees" once they have been reached...
...tissues soon produced mature human T cells, specialized white blood cells that help provide immunity against disease. Mice that additionally received fetal lymph tissue -- needed for the functioning of some immune cells -- also developed mature human B cells. All fetal tissues were obtained from legally aborted fetuses with the consent of the mothers...
...more than 800 political detainees. U.S. State Department officials said the escapees would not be forced to leave "against their will." The point was buttressed by a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, who declared that "consular premises are inviolable and host governments may not enter without consent...
...republic's Supreme Soviet endorsed the annexation demand in June, but Azerbaijian and central authorities in Moscow refused to give their consent...
...thing in this city is not keeping your head so much as keeping your feet," he said. "Don't forget where you are from. Cling to your family and friends. Books and lessons from the past should be your roots. Heed that line from Alan Drury's Advise and Consent that goes something like this: 'Washington took them as lovers and they were gone...