Word: consents
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...acceptability of the foregoing principle depends upon organization of the scholarly community in ways that produce both loyalty and the relief of grievances. The government of a university depends, even more than that of a political community, upon the consent of all the governed to accept decisions reached by its constitutional processes. The consent of the dissenters depends partly upon their knowing that their views effectively entered into the process of consensus, even though they did not prevail. They must also be convinced that the opportunities for change are open and the goals and stance of the enterprise are sufficiently...
Since 1882, there has been no serious attempt to unseat the stockholders' proposed slate, Morrill said yesterday. In 1964. Sheldon Dietz '41, owner of the now defunct Club 47, put forth a six-man slate of architects. His proposal aborted, however, since he did not have the architects' consent and failed to get anywhere near a quorum...
White last week said the Overseers' function was one of "advice and consent." Although the Corporation--formally, the President and Fellows of Harvard College--makes most of the day-to-day decisions about the University at its weekly meetings, the Overseers must approve administrative or teaching appointments of more than one year's duration, degrees, and changes in the statutes and other major rules of the University. It usually gives what Richardson last week called its "benign approval...
...position of the new deputies, when and if elections are held, will also be significantly weakened by the constitution. They may now be arrested without the consent of the Chamber. Many observers think this situation puts them directly under the control of the ruling junta...
...Tone, 63, longtime movie star whose off-camera tiffs sometimes overshadowed his considerable acting ability; of lung cancer; in Manhattan. Suave son of a wealthy industrialist, Tone moved quickly from lead roles on Broadway to Hollywood, where he made 53 films, including Mutiny on the Bounty and Advise and Consent. His personal life was littered with four broken marriages and several fights, one of which-against Bit Actor Tom Neal over the affections of Tone's third wife, Barbara Payton, in 1951 -left him with a battered face that required plastic surgery...