Word: consent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Congress' exclusive constitutional power to declare war has been so eroded that President Truman could involve the U.S. in the Korean war without asking Congress' consent...
...committee of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) ruled that artificial insemination of a wife by someone other than her husband is a violation of the marriage vows; without the husband's consent, it should be grounds for divorce. Furthermore, "we do not think a husband ought to give his consent to insemination," said the committee report. "We doubt if he would in his heart ever do more than unwillingly agree...
Holy Cross. It took gruff, brilliant Misogynist Sill 34 years to consent to Kent's first dance. At another dance, Father Sill himself played the fiddle-interrupting himself periodically to give overexuberant couples a smart rap with...
...legislature to pass a resolution asking the U.S. Congress to grant whatever status the Puerto Rican people may choose in a plebiscite. Muñoz' proposal seems to be the proper start: U.S.-Puerto Rico relations are regulated by a compact that can be changed only by mutual consent. It also set the stage for a hot argument in Congress about whether the U.S. should commit itself flatly in advance to accept the decision of the Puerto Rican electorate...
...This program recommended a twelve rather than six-week summer camp to teach the basic Army manual courses, thus decreasing the amount of on-campus time required of the student. The latter is the University's basic complaint about ROTC. Characteristically, the Army rejected the "Harvard Plan," but did consent to modify it to the present program, which will continue...