Word: consulting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cover) "Do you know the story of the centipede with gout?" asked Joe Dodge. "Well, this poor centipede limped painfully for miles to consult the philosopher of the jungle, the monkey. After taking thought, the philosopher gave his solution: 'If you became a mouse and had only four legs, you would be 25 times better off.' The centipede said: 'That's a good idea. How do I get to be a mouse?' The monkey shook his head. 'I can't tell you that.' he said. 'I only make policy...
...well-prepared students to undertake the program. Sweet briar also farms the students out to French families and provides French advisers for the wandering Americans. Yet it seems reasonable that students specially chosen to study in France are mature enough to find their own place to live, and to consult University officials about their study program...
Johnson said that it would be a "good idea" if the Administration consulted Democratic committee chairmen on new foreign and defense programs. This might avoid "crash-landings-only" bipartisanship. President Eisenhower quickly agreed to Johnson's suggestion, and, the next day, he made good his promise by drafting an order directing certain department heads to consult in advance with congressional committee chairmen...
...Monty's remarks to create a picture of pinheaded generals eager to trigger the world into war. Result: by the time the NATO conference got under way last week, the British and the French were talking up a plan that would require NATO's commanders to consult all 14 governments before answering a Soviet attack with atomic weapons. Such a plan would leave the West helpless during the first vital hours, while the Reds could be atom-bombing at will. John Foster Dulles put forward a compromise solution that won unanimous approval. In effect, it established that...
...SECRET DIARY OF HAROLD ICKES, VOLS. II AND III, could hardly be described as good reading, but future historians will have to consult them for inside descriptions of New Deal power plays, inner-circle animosities, and Honest Harold's cantankerous sum-up of liberal types...