Word: consents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have no statement to make in regard to the Republican Presidential nomination. If it be true, as rumored that President Coolidge will consent to be a candidate for the nomination, and if it be true, as likewise rumored, that Governor Pinchot has Presidential aspirations, a situation will develop upon which a Senator from Pennsylvania ought not to express himself prematurely, or otherwise than after serious reflection...
...first Cabinet member to fire a gun for the renomination of President Harding in 1924. Secretary of the Interior Work recently did the same for Mr. Coolidge. In a letter to a politician in Denver?just made public?Dr. Work said of the President: If he will consent, the public already appreciates his quality and I am sure his election would follow. He has inherited the Harding organization and policies, and logically should be supported for the nomination...
Referring to reports that he had visited a seaside resort: "I certainly was in Noordwyk-on-Sea with my wife, naturally with the consent of the Dutch Government. We visited Count Bentinck and my Adjutant, Ilseman. I did not play tennis, nor did I win a prize...
...Fascista Government is a reality. . . . It is strong and its strength is due not so much to its militia as to the consent and sympathy of a majority of the population...
...Consent " : euphemism for obligatory silence...