Word: consulting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Connally blinked happily through the horn-rimmed spectacles hanging on the end of his nose. He had his own compromise resolution all ready. It would request the President to 1) consult with key congressional committees before sending troops, 2) make certain that the other NATO countries are doing their share, 3) give Congress periodic reports on how things are going. This week there was not much left for Connally to do but hear Robert Taft ("the American people are being deliberately misled") and Herbert Hoover. Next step: the committees will smother the Wherry resolution and substitute Connally...
There is an easy way to duck out of this dilemma. In conjunction with the Student Council, organizations might establish a scheduling bureau where organizations could list planned events and which all organizations could consult before scheduling. Mr. Deeds, after all, shouldn't have to compete with Tom Joad...
Worst of all, however, is the fact that non-smokers, and particularly those who have allergies, throat sensitivity, or some bronchial condition must become martyrs if they wish to consult reference works either in Widener or Lamont; for a dozen or more foul-smelling pipes are exploding clouds of bitter smoke into their eyes, mouth, and nose until they are almost suffocated. In Lamont, although smoking is permitted only in the reference room, smokers wander about the reserve shelves, perfectly oblivious of the fact that there are boundaries...
...course, said Mr. Truman, bouncing on his heels, he would consult Congress out of politeness, as he always did. But he didn't have to. And if any Congressmen wanted to go to the country about the matter he would go with them. He had licked 'em once before...
...Gill's outspoken stand on the racial issue, the board explained. But last week, after a stiff letter from the Rev. Robert Raible, president of the Unitarian Ministers' Association, the Alton church board found it advisable to pledge that 1) its ministers would never be required to consult with the church board before taking a stand on anything; 2) the practice of annual re-election (or rejection) of ministers would be discontinued; 3 ) racial equality was something the board "believed...