Word: consult
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...past, many clergymen did not bother to ask permission of their bishops. Said one: "I see no point in it. The Bishop would have to go on evidence I gave him anyway." Vicar White, called in by Leek, has not yet decided whether to face the ghost or consult his bishop...
...like men who could barely suppress their excitement. The French spokesman talked of decisions on "the new political construction of Europe," revealed that among the decisions was a plan for regular meetings of the heads of government of all six Common Market countries to formulate a common foreign policy, consult on other integrated programs...
...Running Sir: My spirits cringe at the possibility that, with bad luck, the next President of the U.S. will consult the "Kennedy clan" and the "family war councils" instead of his Cabinet. "Tribal law" will dictate policies on foreign affairs, national government, taxes, farm prices, et cetera, et cetera, ad infinitum...
...could keep up with Lumumba, and, apparently, nothing could get him down. When both houses of Congo's Parliament refused to ratify his hasty ultimatum to the U.N. and his arbitrary breakoff of relations with Belgium, Lumumba's only reaction was to say he could not consult Parliament because its members were plotting against his life. He specifically named as chief assassins moderate Senate Speaker Joseph Ileo and two of his old political rivals, Jean Bolikango and Albert Kalonji...
Hypothetical Wars. Tech Ops has built its reputation with the armed forces and other Government agencies as an outfit to consult for answers to the far-out problems of space travel, radiation, communications, etc. It has contracts for such theoretical tasks as simulating a hydrogen bomb blast in outer space, and figuring out a defense against missiles systems to be used ten or 20 years from now. Tech Ops also set up a computer system in Washington by which hypothetical wars can be fought and generals trained to fight them...