Their technical arguments easily won assent.

He finally won assent from the Naval High Command by, among other things, threatening to resign.

A new law to liberalize Hungary's economy in a way that the Justice Minister said might smack of capitalism to some people won unanimous assent today in Parliament.

It was a "needless war," an interpretation that won widespread assent before World War II.

A compromise proposed by Justice Stewart, in which Ali's conviction would be reversed citing a technical error by the Justice Department, gradually won unanimous assent from the eight voting justices.

The overarching goal, however, won universal assent: A chicken in every pot, and a set of fat pipes running into "every American home, business, and public and private institution."

Needing approval of creditors holding 75 percent of the $6.25 billion in acknowledged Hynix debts, Korea Exchange Bank as lead creditor won assent from those with 86.5 percent.

Agreement on cutting warheads might win Russian assent to modify the ABM treaty to permit development of a limited missile shield.

At a gross level, this system has clearly won popular assent.

They did not - it seems - win general assent.