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Word: consenting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...informal meeting with A T & T's general counsel at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Ike's Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, offered what the AT&T man described as a "friendly tip" on how to negotiate a settlement. Soon after, the Government approved a consent decree that allowed Bell to keep Western Electric in return for a wrist-slap promise not to let it compete for business outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: A Most Peculiar Slap at Ma Bell | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...consent decree, which suggests Government approval of Bell's ownership of Western Electric, casts a long shadow. In any case, antitrust officials concede privately that they are so uncertain about the possible economic impact if they succeed in their suit that they are undecided as to how hard they should press for their maximum demands. Says one Antitrust Division spokesman: "We're leaving enough room to avoid any possibility of financial destruction of the company or destruction of the national telephone system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: A Most Peculiar Slap at Ma Bell | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...wariness raises questions about why it moved against Bell at a time when the economy is so shaky. Part of the answer may he in the play of personalities in a new and still largely undefined Administration. Career trustbusters have long chafed to overturn the Eisenhower Administration consent decree, which they view as an affront to the Antitrust Division. In August 1973, some lower-level Justice staffers dusted off the Bell files and mounted an investigation. After 15 months and two changes of Attorneys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: A Most Peculiar Slap at Ma Bell | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...majority from 21 to 18. As a result, 18-year-olds now have fewer problems obtaining sex-related medical services. Their right to any type of medical care has been recognized in 35 states. In all but two states (Nebraska and Wyoming), 18-year-olds do not need parental consent to get most pregnancy-related health services, including abortion. And all 50 states allow anyone over 18 to be treated for venereal disease on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Kids, Sex and Doctors | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

...other states make it at least as easy to get help. New York places virtually no legal restrictions upon a physician's right to perform abortions on minors or to prescribe contraceptives for them, and local Planned Parenthood organizations will help obtain abortions in the state without parental consent. New Jersey allows minors of any age to obtain pregnancy care. Oregon has lowered the age of medical consent to 15; Alabama has dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Kids, Sex and Doctors | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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