Word: consultation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...high-ceilinged library of an English manor house one rainy day this fall, a bony, white-haired priest in an oversized clerical collar pecked away at a portable typewriter. From time to time he paused to knock the ashes out of his pipe against the fireplace or consult one of the fat books stacked on the massive antique table before him. At last he stood up, pulled the paper from his typewriter and closed his reference books with a ceremonious bang. His nine-year labor was finished. Monsignor Ronald Knox had completed his translation of the Catholic Bible...
Guests of honor were the Prime Ministers (or their deputies) of seven Dominions* of the British Commonwealth come to London to consult-but not to decide. On many issues they would have found decision difficult. Those issues were deliberately put aside, or touched upon lightly...
That was shortly before noon. Mr. Truman talked to Marshall by telecon. A little later the network officials heard from Ross, cancelling the request for radio time. That evening, instead, a brief announcement was made that George Marshall would fly home to consult with the President. Harry Truman had to make some kind of show of being President...
John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State, in 1821 begged Congress to let him "consult with foreign nations for the future and ultimate establishment of universal and permanent uniformity" in measurements. No dice...
...down both company and union. It ruled 2 to i that the Taft-Hartley Act's requirement for non-Communist affidavits is constitutional. It ruled unanimously that management must bargain on pensions with qualified unions. Even employers who already have pension systems, said the court, will have to consult unions on any changes. Both Inland and the union will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court...