Word: consents
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...national publicity given to his speech, Archbishop Pailler later explained that what he meant by "schism" was a spirit of disobedience toward the council's decrees rather than a formal split. Nonetheless, church observers believe that he would not have spoken out without the advice and consent of other bishops, and some French conservatives argue that the church is already suffering from a "silent schism" of Catholics who are "walking out on their tiptoes, leaving the church forever." The bishops face a touchy task of reconciliation in a land where those people who are serious about their faith...
This U.S. concern springs from various causes. It is not merely that, as the cliché has it, "Americans want to be loved"; deeply accustomed at home to government by consent, the U.S. cannot quite visualize international leadership without consent. During the Age of Reason, when humanity at large was deemed capable of holding a collective view, the Declaration of Independence pledged a "decent respect to the opinions of mankind." At the time, this meant not merely listening but telling-giving the world a forthright, stirring statement of the American purpose...
...protected and most harassed and maligned. One day in the not-too-distant future, there must be and will be a union of stockholders to protect their rights against management and legislation on its pre-emptive rights and stock options that take away stockholders' property rights without their consent...
...Norodom ("Snookie") Sihanouk and his Red Chinese mentors. In Washington, Lyndon Johnson applauded the idea of a Cambodian conference. In London, Prime Minister Harold Wilson heartily concurred. And in Paris, where Charles de Gaulle was playing host to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, both France and Russia gave their consent. To all and sundry it seemed an ideal backdoor to negotiations over Viet Nam, and it was precisely that which bugged the Snook...
Commonting on possible action by the Organization of American States, Hoffmann said that although the OAS might consent to replace U.S. troops this time, it would be increasingly difficult to get co-operation from the Latins in the future. Hoffmann stated that the Dominican incident will have a detrimental effect on future relations with Latin America...