Word: consents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...clock in the almost empty Senate chamber stood at a few minutes past 11 one morning last week as Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas unfolded his lanky frame from his first-row seat and tersely asked unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consider a minor bill already passed by the House. Senators drifting into the chamber almost ignored the majority leader's routine request, which was routinely granted. The bill, a piece of legislative trivia, would authorize the Army to lease an unused barracks building at Fort Crowder to neighboring Stella, Mo. (pop. 177) to replace...
...Laboratories donated the vaccine. Physicians, nurses, and a host of assorted volunteers gave their services. Paper work was at a minimum. For each person to be vaccinated, there was a short form listing how many shots of Salk vaccine he had had, and for minors, a form for parental consent...
Toning Leads. In his bestselling novel, Advise and Consent, former New York Timesman Allen Drury expertly tells what a fascinating story Washington can be for these men who cover it. But Drury also paints a devastating picture of a majority of the Washington press corps (which is heavily liberal Democratic) toning its leads and its emphasis to sway opinion for the people it considers "liberal" and against those it looks upon as not liberal enough. Many of the Washington corps, including Drury's former boss, Scotty Reston, think that Drury's broad brush is unfair, but it covers...
FICTION 1 . Hawaii, Michener ( 1 )* Advise and Consent, Drury (2) 3. The Devil's Advocate, West (4) 4. Dear and Glorious Physician, Caldwell (3) 5. Poor No More, Ruark (6) 6. Exodus, Uris (9) 7. The Darkness and the Dawn, Costain (5) 8. The Ugly American, Lederer and Burdick (8) 9. The War Lover, Hersey (7) 10. Fuel for the Flame, Waugh (10) NONFICTION 1. Act One, Hart (1) 2. Folk Medicine, Jarvis (2) 3. May This House Be Safe from Tigers...
...Advise and Consent...