Word: consents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prudishness subsided. Now, however, the threatened calamity has been averted. Whatever may be the state of City Hall opinion in the Hub of the Universe, this way-ward spoke will continue its mad career along the primrose path, if not with the open sanction, at least with the tacit consent of its own particular Cato. The tradition of culture and individuality established half a century ago by the Brattle Street illuminati has been saved certainly for the present and possibly even for future generations. Io Saturnalia...
...professions of, medicine, law and the ministry are appreciated as high callings; and business is set down by popular consent as merely commercial-neccessary for money making and financial support but essentially worldly, often sordid. As a bishop with the blood of business stock in me, I resent the Insinuation, and claim that essentially the calling of business has in it elements of faith, character, romance and chivalry associated with the highest callings. Myriads of men and women in little shops on the side streets of our cities, in towns and villages throughout the land, are quietly working out that...
...SPEAKER: "The gentleman from South Carolina asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the Record. Is there objection...
...years ago because of Chamberlain's free trade program; he was a Liberal until this year, when he decided to run for Parliament on a Conservative platform. He wanted to stand in the Abbey Division of Westminster. The Conservative caucus said: "First you must let us be your master; consent to that and you must run for office only when and where we choose." "Winnie," who had just been defeated in the December election on a Liberal ticket, said "No." He wanted to run in Westminster; he wanted to be back in Parliament. So the Conservatives put up Otho Nicholson...
...every continent, every religion, and every race. During the five years it has operated there have been 29 meetings of the Council of the League and four meetings of the Assembly. It has made the notion of conference a fact. The principle has been established that every one must consent to what every one wishes--no majority rule can exist...