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...needs the Gulf states, Jordan and Turkey as staging areas, but it may need their political support even more. After all, when the Bush administration launched its campaign in Afghanistan, it took great pains to emphasize that it was not making war on Islam, and the need for Arab consent may be even greater in this case: the invasion of an Arab nation in the absence of any sense of regional crisis, and with the express purpose of replacing a hostile regime with one more palatable to Washington. And unless the U.S. is ready to commit tens of thousands...
Judge Robert B. Collings told the Boston Globe on Wednesday that the defense’s request for a suspension in the proceedings was “extremely unusual,” and he would need “pretty strong reasons” to consent...
...union, workers weren’t involved,” says Shakespeare Christmas, a custodian in Paine Hall and a new shop steward for the union. “The leadership just did what they wanted to do without the consent of the workers...
...Overseers, today a body of 30 elected for six-year terms in a vote open to all Harvard alums, technically have power over the Corporation through their mandate to consent to the selection of new Corporation members and presidents...
...1730s, however, the popular evasion of this declaration led the Overseers to recommend and the Corporation to consent to a provision making a special exception for tippling at Commencement...