Word: consented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chamberlain-Briand discussions at Geneva, last week, fortunately ended in a preliminary agreement. No definite action can be taken without the consent of the Parliaments concerned. Britain, through Chamberlain, reaffirmed her willingness to place her armed forces at the disposal of the nation defending an attack (i. e., Germany or France). She reiterated the condition that Germany must become a member of the League before the Four Power Pact could come into effect. She pointed out that the treaty would be drawn up within the stipulations of the League Covenant. This means that, if France wishes to send an armed...
...charge of contempt of the Senate against Mal S. Daugherty, brother of the former Attorney General (for refusing to produce his bank records) ; the "Oregon postmaster case," which rests on a question never yet determined: whether the President has power to dismiss an official whom he appointed with the consent of the Senate...
...60th birthday of King George (June 3) was celebrated throughout the realm and the Dominions beyond the seas. There was no official holiday, but by spontaneous consent flags fluttered from flagstaffs from the Falkland to the Orkney Islands, from the Beaufort Sea to Tasmania. Thousands of letters and telegrams from all parts of the world were received...
First as to the language. By common consent no one can dispense with a knowledge of German who wishes ever to cultivate intensively almost any field of scholarship. Of this utility I do not now speak: I have only liberal culture in mind. I grant that the German language seems odd; but for this very reason, I conceive, the study of it is peculiarly valuable to a speaker of English. If one knows Latin, French is already half familiar. Though one be ignorant of Latin, one knows what is meant by "grande nation" or by "declaration d'independance". "Unabhangigkeitserklarung...
...Government because such funds would be used to stir up another war: "As for rumors against loans which claim that the Hungarian Government uses the money for warlike purposes, I will only say that not one cent may be spent for other than economic and financial reconstruction without my consent. And I will not give my consent to anything which does not serve the interest of reconstruction. The Government has no capital at its disposal which it could use without my knowledge for secret armaments and the rumors about preparation for war are nothing but naive horror stories...