Word: consulting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...everyone applauded the move. Capitol Hill accepted the Administration's assurances that since Bolivia was not a combat zone, the President need not consult with Congress under the provisions of the War Powers Act of 1973. But a few critics were uneasy about the possibility that someday American soldiers could find themselves in a shoot-out with drug gangs. Others expressed concern about the increasing use of the military in civilian law-enforcement procedures. While finding "no serious problem" with the Bolivia operation, Allan Adler, legal counsel for the A.C.L.U., was worried that "if drug smuggling can be declared...
...forthrightness, concern and openess to undergraduates. At times he seems a bit ill at ease; perhaps it is often more a duty than a pleasure to listen to student complaints. Yet he always encourages, nods his head and promises to look into whatever the issue might be and then consult with students...
...influence of the left. I do not think the left thinks of me as being one of them. I consult with a whole spectrum of people. Nobody really has a complete hold on me. I listen to a great many people, and once I have made up my mind, there is really no way anyone can sway...
...impression that an attack had already been ordered, much less that it was within days or even hours of beginning. Added to their concern about being caught in the middle of a cycle of military reprisal and terrorist vengeance was a resentful feeling that the U.S. had failed to consult them properly, and perhaps had even misled them...
...Princeton and Harvard yet!) would end within two years in divorce. He is wrong--unfortunately in the first case and fortunately in the second--about both of these things, and I suspect he has no experience and little knowledge of either of them. It might have been interesting to consult those who can speak to the subject of commuting with real authority because it is, as you say, a common element in many academic marriages...