Word: dissent
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...based on "sentimental" grounds, that the success of the Society up to the present time has been "in spite of its present organization" as has been asserted, or that the proposed plan is the best now practically available. If I were asked to state briefly my main ground of dissent I should say that I feel the need of a check on the powers of the stockholders which will at the same time be a means of expressing when needed the views of the student body...
...affairs of the Company." The retention of such power for the members was understood to be the main purpose of the minority member. Such plans were clearly out of order, and were so ruled at a meeting of all the members of the Board without a word of dissent being expressed. There being no minority report there was nothing to publish but the plan prepared by the Board in obedience to instructions, together with a few memoranda of the conditions which led to the vote of the annual meeting...
...situation, but instead of consenting to an extension of the time, he offered to increase his gift to $50,000 provided the other subscribers would allow their contributions to "go to the fund from which purchases for the collection are being made." This offer was accepted without dissent, and the University will accordingly have the desired Semitic Building in addition to $19,240 for increasing the museum collections...
...body of the college; and for that reason, if for no other, your committee think it would be unwise for the Corporation and Overseers to approve so important and far-reaching a change as the reduction of the baccalaureate degree in the face of an earnest, weighty and influential dissent. Such momentous steps should not, as a general rule, be taken unless there is substantial unanimity in their favor...
...Have an opinion of your own, and express it. If it differs materially from the views taken in the lectures, be able to state the grounds for your dissent...