Word: consents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...studies legislation diligently, is ever alert to what others dismiss as unimportant. "Mr. Speaker," Gross cries when a colleague seeks unanimous consent to pass a minor appropriations bill without debate, "reserving the right to object, can the gentleman tell us just what this is all about?" If Gross doesn't like the explanation-as in the case of a bill for a historic memorial in Texas in which the $115,000 appropriation did not even cover the cost of the land-Gross declares loudly: No! With nonpartisan passion, Gross crusades against spending. When Kennedy was inaugurated, Gross protested that...
...Adenauer era is indeed in sight. No more eloquent evidence was needed than the voting list when it came time to reconfirm der Alte in his office as C.D.U. party chairman. For the first time in anyone's memory, Adenauer did not win the party's overwhelming consent; in fact, 15% of the delegates abstained or voted against...
Under U.S. pressure, Boun Oum and General Phoumi agreed at the start to give up the key Defense and Interior ministries in return for Prince Souvanna Phouma's promise that all important decisions in these vital areas be made by mutual consent-although no one was sure how a government could function effectively under such conditions. After an hour's talk, the delegates emerged for a breather and a good cigar. In a surprisingly mellow mood...
...letter to the London Times. "In the same list," said the strongly antileftist Russian émigré who left his homeland in 1919, "I find several writers whom I respect but also some others-such as Ilya Ehrenburg, Bertrand Russell and J.P. Sartre-with whom I would not consent to participate in any festival or conference whatsoever." Besides, said he, "I do not believe in abstract discussions on the novel...
...Hughes Problem. Even if the merger should win the consent of the White House-which by law has final say on U.S. airline operations abroad-there would remain what TWA President Charles Tillinghast glumly calls "the Hughes problem." Unpredictable Financier Howard Hughes, who apparently has his heart set on merging TWA with faltering Northeast Airlines, remains TWA's majority stockholder with 78.2% of its outstanding shares. Even though his TWA stock is currently being voted by trustees unsympathetic to his dreams, Hughes might find legal means of delaying indefinitely a merger with...