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Word: consents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past, History 90 classes have been restricted to honors concentrators. But now, although honors concentrators will still be given first pick of tutorials, non-honors students will be admitted with the instructor's consent...

Author: By Toyia R. Battle, | Title: History Alters Tutorials; Juniors Allowed Choice | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...course, denying the council funding only hurts organizations students support--from campus publications such as Diaspora to service groups such as CityStep. And that means that those 1000 students actively chose to undermine valued, legitimate organizations rather than tacitly consent to the council's behavior...

Author: By J.d. Connor, | Title: Beyond UC Jokes | 10/4/1990 | See Source »

...constitutions of both East and West Germany recognize the Oder-Neisse line, but German Chancellor Helmut Kohl created an international flap when he suggested that a reunification treaty could not reaffirm that understanding without the consent of the united German parliament...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Who's Afraid of United Germany? | 10/3/1990 | See Source »

...sent a military delegation to Cuba to inform Fidel about our proposals and get his consent. Castro gave his approval. We wanted to do the whole thing in secret. Our security organs assured us this was possible even though American planes overflew Cuban territory all the time. Supposedly, the palm trees would keep our missiles from being seen from the air. We installed the missiles aboveground because silos would have required too much time to build and we believed there was not much time before the Americans invaded. It was our intention after installing the missiles to announce their presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Khrushchev's Secret Tapes | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

Some purists, even if they accept that values affect a judge's interpretation of the Constitution, maintain that nominees should not be rejected based on their politics so long as they are intellectually competent. But the Constitution does require the Senate give its "advice and consent" to all court nominations--and that is justification enough to reject a nominee based on politics...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Rights Worth Fighting For | 9/26/1990 | See Source »

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