• How could our high schoolers assent to serving as walking billboards for shoe and sweatshirt manufacturers?

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  • With luck, Mr Kohl could have German parliamentary assent to euro-participation behind him by the summer.

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  • We can only hope that central bankers in the developed world assent to that principle very soon.

    FORBES: Why Higher Inflation Destroys Jobs

  • Because Plaintiffs did not assent to the terms, no contract exists, and they cannot be compelled to arbitrate.

    FORBES: How Zappos' User Agreement Failed In Court and Left Zappos Legally Naked

  • After a seven-hour debate on Tuesday, members of the lower house gave their assent to the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill.

    BBC: Indian bill on tough rape laws passed by parliament

  • In fact, Yeltsin's aides say, he did not assent to NATO expansion.

    CNN: Clinton And Yeltsin Agree To Disagree

  • The new archbishop took the oath of allegiance to the Queen during the ceremony, and made a formal written declaration of assent to his election as Archbishop of Canterbury.

    BBC: Justin Welby becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana faced opposition from pro-choice groups and gave his assent to a campaign aimed at countering criticism over his voting record on abortion, but faded nonetheless.

    CNN: The politics junkie

  • "President Mwai Kibaki has today declined to assent to the retirement benefits ... as enacted by the National Assembly on Thursday, " the president said in a short statement Saturday.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sir George did not assent to Tory MP Jesse Norman's response that "the very substantial opposition from within the Conservative party, not just that from Labour, was responsible for the withdrawal of the motion".

    BBC: Ministers abandon planned timetable for Lords reform

  • Under no circumstances should the United States assent to German demands for further liberalization of the multilateral export control regime unless and until Bonn can demonstrate the adoption of a far more conscientious technology security policy and effective enforcement of existing arrangements.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Barring that, at a minimum, companies should always provide at least inquiry notice of all terms, and require counterparties to manifest assent, through action or inaction, in a manner that reasonable people would clearly understand to be assent.

    FORBES: Are Website Terms Of Use Enforceable?

  • David Glass ran a day-trading operation called Jasper Capital out of Assent's New York office, and at some point paid an Assent employee to give him access to Tavdy's computer so he could monitor his trading.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • However, the Schnabel case makes clear that website Terms of Use that are available solely via a link in a small font at the bottom of a homepage, without any notice to users or reasonable manifestation of assent, are unlikely to be enforceable.

    FORBES: Are Website Terms Of Use Enforceable?

  • President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent on Sunday to new rape laws recommended by the government.

    BBC: India president approves tough rape laws

  • Tavdy was asked to leave Assent in 2005 for reasons the SEC didn't specify, but Glass recruited him to Jasper Capital and let him trade at a remote location using accounts in other names.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • One does not have to agree with this view, or to think that both sides are equally culpable, to feel that the ways in which science is used to generate assent for environmental action may sometimes be as interesting as the ways in which it is mobilised for dissent.

    ECONOMIST: A question of dodgy science

  • Hollande himself, though he promotes gay marriage as a progressive symbol, admitted he doesn't personally favor allowing medically assisted reproduction to homosexuals, and with the assent of many socialist party officials, had these corresponding measures postponed -- for parliament to decide -- as another law to a future debate, in March, or never.

    CNN: Gay rights: How U.S. leads the way

  • If approved there, it would be sent to Parliament for approval and Royal Assent.

    BBC: Female churchgoers sign petition against women bishops

  • Mr Howe added that the new Wildlife and Countryside Act, which gained Royal Assent earlier this year, should further help to protect endangered species.

    BBC: UK 'failing to protect wildlife'

  • The assent of the Lords is not essential, subject to certain conditions, in the case of 'money bills'.

    BBC: Passage through the other House

  • Although the act in Scotland received Royal Assent in June it is not yet in force due to the EC's concerns and a legal challenge by the Scotch Whisky Association and wine-producing European Union nations such as France, Italy and Spain.

    BBC: EC voice opposition to Scotland's alcohol price plan

  • The Republicans have vowed to exact deep spending cuts in return for their assent.

    ECONOMIST: The state of the union

  • Mr. Klein supports Mr. Cuomo's efforts on abortion but can't bring the bill to the floor without Mr. Skelos's assent.

    WSJ: Cuomo Abortion Push Sets Up Fight In N.Y. Senate

  • The bill received royal assent on 29 June, but Scottish ministers have undertaken not to introduce the measures until after the Court of Session has made its ruling.

    BBC: Alcohol pricing challenge goes to Court of Session

  • He regularly clowns for the gallery: He nods vigorously in assent when his defense team says Moussaoui believes they are out to kill him, then shakes his head just as vigorously when the defense describes how they've been trying to save him from the death penalty.

    NPR: Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial

  • Uganda would probably approve such a plan, and Rwanda might assent, so long as Angolan troops did not come too close to its borders.

    ECONOMIST: Congo's wars

  • Alternatively, the Commons can use its powers to present a bill originating in the House of Commons for Royal Assent after one year and in a new session, even if the Lords' objections are maintained.

    BBC: Passage through the other House

  • The euro is being launched only because most countries pulping their currencies in January chose to avoid the Danes' option of actually asking for their voters' assent.

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  • It called on a report on the differences in the cost of pension provisions arising from health inequalities to come before the assembly within a year of the act receiving Royal Assent.

    BBC: Pensions Bill - Consideration stage continued

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