Word: consented
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President renominated Mr. Warren and announced that, if the Senate did not confirm him, he would be offered a temporary appointment without the Senate's consent (TiME...
...story, as revealed during the trial, showed that Mrs. Dennistoun lived as the mistress of Sir John Cowans with her husband's consent (denied by defendant, but supported by evidence) and, as Sir Ellis Hume Williams puts it, enabled her husband to live on her immoral earnings. It was alleged by plaintiff, denied by defendant, that several important Army positions had been secured by Mrs. Dennistoun for her husband through the General...
...Senate of the 69th Congress, settling down leisurely to the business of giving its advice and consent on the President's appointments, paused to organize itself for the next two years...
...Secretary of War John W. Weeks appeared and was questioned principally as to his attitude toward General Mitchell and aircraft development. He testified that General Mitchell had printed articles on the air question without obtaining consent of superior officers, thereby violating the orders of the President. He declared that he had no intention of attempting to "discipline" General Mitchel by ordering him to another post, said that the question rested entirely in the hands of the President...
...recently, these two boyish looking bachelors emerged with another plan. They had acquired a majority control in the stock of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley, Erie and Pere Marquette, which they proposed to merge with the Nickel Plate. One by one, the various boards of directors have given their consent and the only major obstacle now to be overcome is the Interstate Commerce Commission, which must also consent...