Word: consult
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Times editorials, which were influential in delaying U.S. recognition of the true dimensions of the Cuban problem. But with self-assurance. Herb Matthews has already decided what the historians will say: "The only monument I want to leave on earth is for some student years from now to consult the files of The New York Times for information about the Cuban Revolution, and find my byline, and know that he can trust...
Despite his pain, Mister Sam remained indomitable. After weeks of back twinges, he was finally prevailed upon to consult White House Physician Janet Travell, who administered Novocain to comfort him. When the treatment was over, Rayburn arose to put his trousers back on. Dr. Travell noticed that he was wobbling first on one foot, then on the other. She suggested that he sit down to finish dressing. Cried Sam Rayburn: "I am 79 years old, and no woman is going to tell me how to put on my pants...
...break through to Dwight Eisenhower, Taylor has told the Joint Chiefs that he will help, not hinder, their access to the President. Furthermore, Taylor has pledged himself to inform the Joint Chiefs about any advice he gives his boss. Whenever possible, Taylor has said, he will consult with the Joint Chiefs before he sees the President. But Pentagon brass is still convinced that in a pinch. President Kennedy will rely on the advice of Max Taylor rather than on the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...hardly say he hadn't been warned. For weeks, at first diplomatically and then bluntly, Capitol Hill farm leaders had been telling him that his omnibus farm bill could not win congressional approval. The key and most controversial provision of that bill: to give Freeman the power to consult with farmers and work out subsidy and control plans for each commodity. Congress could approve or disapprove each scheme as it stood, but would not be able to amend any program or write...
Aiding the Legend. The brothers keep in touch with their father, who at 66 spends much of his time in a wheelchair as a result of two recent strokes, but they rarely consult him about business deals any longer. To B. H. Majors, an old Murchison family friend, the boys are motivated above all by a desire "to do right by their father and the legend he has created." They certainly live by a principle inculcated in them by old Clint. Says Clint Jr.: "There isn't any sense in having $40 million in the bank or even...