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...acknowledgment to protect his own political flanks. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker put in seven strenuous sessions, some lasting more than two hours, with Thieu in the course of ten days. At first, Thieu was amenable to the U.S. terms. After meeting with his National Security Council, he flatly refused to consent to N.L.F. representation in Paris. For the moment, that was that. Thieu treads a delicate line. On the one hand are his hard-line rivals, ex-Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Ky's militant allies; on the other, powerful neutralists like Buddhist Leader Thich Tri Quang. In this situation...
Hill and the teachers of the UFT, is finding that these people no longer trust the government enough to leave their interests in its hands. Simply stated, New York has lost the consent of its governed...
...Howard to give up the Enquirer. Justice thought it was confronted with a clear case of monopoly because the Enquirer was not a "failing" newspaper - was in no financial trouble- when Scripps took it over. After years of resisting, the chain finally gave up last week and entered a consent decree to sell its majority stock interest in the profitable paper...
...acceptability of the foregoing principle depends upon organization of the scholarly community in ways that produce both loyalty and the relief of grievances. The government of a university depends, even more than that of a political community, upon the consent of all the governed to accept decisions reached by its constitutional processes. The consent of the dissenters depends partly upon their knowing that their views effectively entered into the process of consensus, even though they did not prevail. They must also be convinced that the opportunities for change are open and the goals and stance of the enterprise are sufficiently...
Since 1882, there has been no serious attempt to unseat the stockholders' proposed slate, Morrill said yesterday. In 1964. Sheldon Dietz '41, owner of the now defunct Club 47, put forth a six-man slate of architects. His proposal aborted, however, since he did not have the architects' consent and failed to get anywhere near a quorum...