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...candidates represented a political party, and the native voting generally followed tribal lines, with the numerically strong Bakongo emerging on top. Although women could not vote, they could be candidates. One African woman was elected councilor; the two white women candidates were defeated. The Belgian authorities have agreed to "consult" with the newly elected councilors but not necessarily follow their recommendations. A colonial official explained: "We will allow them to make little mistakes-but not a big nonsense...
...UNRWA authorities; they were buried secretly at night so that their ration cards might be kept and sold. Successful entrepreneurs (i.e., those who amassed sufficient ration cards or who prospered in small businesses like basketry, carpentry, weaving or gambling) began to style themselves "sheiks," demanded that UNRWA officials consult them on community affairs...
Hagerty acknowledged the error this afternoon, and said that Stevenson would consult on the program as it was being developed for presentation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at Paris...
...witness, was "visibly staggered." Soon Ferial's father was approached to find out if she was available for marriage. When the King flew back to Saudi Arabia a few days later, he took along pictures of Ferial to show to his mother, whom he likes to consult in such matters...
...years, ever since Lamont Library opened its plate-glass doors back in 1949, a chaste little exhibition of printing techniques has reposed in the showcases of the First Level. There, an offensively well-proportioned "Specimen of Fairfield Type" has untiringly announced its vital message to the daily passers-by: "Consult the Eyes as Sovereign Judges of Form...