Word: consultive
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Knowing that the other Balkans will not care to help Rumania defend herself from Russia, Carol had good cause to consult Prince Paul for help. Though little news of it leaked, his Government was just as frantically reinforcing its frontiers as the Belgians and the Dutch. Thousands of reservists called to the colors completely overtaxed the capacity of the Rumanian railroad system. Not only was there no standing room in railway cars, men clung on the outside steps in below-zero weather. Some of them grew numb and were found in the morning dead along the right...
...very famous woman novelist," con tinued Dr. Lewis, "came to consult me not long ago about her neurosis. I recognized her trouble and told her I could cure her but she would no longer write novels if I did. She, of course, desired treatment, but I decided that it would be a pity to destroy a fine novelist and so I refused to cure her and so she is continuing to write fine novels...
...October. Because a naval battle was fought off the coast of Uruguay, because the Admiral Graf Spee took refuge in Montevideo and was scuttled on the River Plate, because a German merchant ship was sunk within the zone, the American republics warned the belligerents that they were going to consult "in order to strengthen the system of protection...
...committee was appointed to consult with rowing authorities in an effort to carry on these trials despite the cancellation of the Games, and perhaps to extend the regatta to include foreign crews...
...Reuman retreated to consult with her father in Sacramento. At week's end Governor Olson still maintained neutrality. But Scully's office was certified legally his until Nov. 1, at least, by a court order obtained by his attorneys...