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Word: consents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...relish Walter explained that the extended the committee's mandate by unanimous consent last year. Acknowledging that HUAC's $327 thous- and budget was large, Walter said, "I just wanted to see if it would start something." Some of the slight opposition to the request came from a crowd of "penny-pinchers," he maintained...

Author: By Lawrence W. Feinberg, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Walter Defends HUAC Before YDCHR Group | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

Before a bill can be presented to the Massachusetts legislature this late in the session, it must receive the consent of both the Reublican and Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate, and must be approved by the votes of four-fifths of the members of each House...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: Bill Proposed To Stop MTA Sale of Yards | 2/27/1962 | See Source »

...know there is not one jot of evidence for the implication that people by the tens of thousands might actually be killed by United States testing. Nor do I understand the relevance of "consent": every day the government makes crucial decisions without securing a majority vote on the matter; and in any event the decision which is being made cannot simply be phrased in terms of a decision to "endanger the lives of tens of thousands." Finally, how can the Peace Marchers be so sure that testing has not brought the Russians closer to an effective anti-missile missile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "IRRESPONSIBILTY" | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...Clerk Connolly of the charges against him. Said Democratic House Speaker John Thompson: "The job of the rules committee was to look into this cloud of suspicion hanging over the statehouse. I am satisfied it has been dispelled." Connolly still could not be restored to his job without the consent of Powers, but it was pretty obvious that Massachusetts lawmakers were still interested in the improvement of the breed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Massachusetts: Beneath the Sacred Dome | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...Bros, is testing him for the part of John F. Kennedy in PT 109, and Producer Ross Hunter has signed him to a seven year contract. Their father is 56 and still busier than either of his offspring. Three more Henry Fonda films will soon be released (Advise and Consent, The Longest Day, How the West Was Won), and next week he opens on Broadway as the dying hero in A Gift of Time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Springtime for Henry | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

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