Word: consultant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Student Council made a poor start in its reformation proceedings when it failed to consult all the Masters about their readiness to appoint House delegates. But soon, hopefully, things will be straightened out, and the Masters will face the problem of such a selection...
Sarcastically, he reviewed the recommended procedure: "If the demon seems at all active, the priest or doctor should refer it to the bishop. Then, if the demon understands Latin and the bishop thinks a case has been made for exorcism, he should consult a panel of priests and doctors for diagnosis. After the panel has reported, the bishop may proceed to do something about it. But what is the demon going to do? He may be an Anglican demon-or he may lack completely the kind of intelligence an Anglican shows when an appeal is made to the bishop...
Kibitzers' Drumfire. As Wang and Beam made their moves-stopping after each one to consult their superiors in Peking and Washington-kibitzers round the world kept up a drumfire of advice, exhortation and complaint (see cartoon). Keenly aware that the only bargaining counter which the U.S. had to offer was a change in the status of the offshore islands, Chinese Nationalist leaders regarded the Warsaw talks with undisguised alarm and despondency. In Taipei Nationalist Premier Chen Cheng implicitly warned the U.S. that his country would not be a party to any such bargain. Said Chen: "We will defend Quemoy...
...happened before, Khrushchev's cocky impetuosity had got him into trouble. In the days after the Iraqi coup, Nikita conducted his Mideast summit negotiations with the offhand decisiveness of a man who feels no need to consult anyone before he answers his mail. When Eisenhower's note proposing a U.N. summit conference arrived in Moscow, Khrushchev and some of his top aides were in conference with a group of visiting Austrians. "Will you excuse us?" said Nikita. "We have to draft a reply to Eisenhower's letter." In just 20 minutes, his acceptance note outlined, Khrushchev reappeared...
Frequently, too, Admiral Holloway takes off from his helicopter landing platform on Taconic to inspect his onshore and offshore commands, to consult with his field commanders-the Sixth Fleet's Amphibious Force Commander Rear Admiral Howard ("Red") Yeager, the Marines' Brigadier General Sidney Wade, the Army Airborne's Brigadier David W. Gray. Holloway must also make the rounds of U.S. and Lebanese officials-the State Department's visiting Trouble-shooter Robert Murphy, U.S. Ambassador McClintock, Lebanon's President Chamoun, Army Chief Shehab-to keep in close touch and in close tune with the intricate local...