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...coax a disapproving phrase or two out of some testifying officer, but many senators who were withholding any committment until the military had expressed its assent are now free to speak, and are beginning to do so. These announcements will elevate further the stature of military advice and consent...
This treaty protects our rights in the future, be amended without the consent of the United States, and any party to the treaty has the right to withdraw upon three months' notice...
Fadinard is not always in command, but Labiche did think him something of a schemer who plotted his way out of difficulties. Schmidt seemed to come upon plans by accident and carried them out only with the consent of Providence. He fretted and hopped about on stage far too much to command the flow of events...
...delegation going to Moscow for this week's formal signing of the nuclear test ban treaty (see THE WORLD). The Senator hesitated. "Will I be committed to anything?" he asked. "Will I have to sign anything?" Only after he was assured that he could remain uncommitted did Aiken consent to go along...
...second reason is that defiance of the Supreme Court undermines the basis of our liberal democracy. That democracy rests on consent, and part of that consent is the willingness to fight out issues of this type in a constitutional framework. If the rulings of the Court are to be held in contempt, the whole concept of a government of checks and balances is threatened...