Word: againstness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because they did not want the referendum to be saddled with extra provisions which might cause its defeat at the polls, the three pro-referendum councillors voted against the Vellucci amendments, which were all defeated.
A version of the statement circulated among some Faculty members contained another sentence that was removed in the printed version: "Although we can conceive of circumstances that would outweigh this argument [against a formal vote], we do not think they yet exist."
the statement's contention that a Faculty vote would bind all members "is a non-sequitur." Ptashine said that his resolution uses the standard phrase, "it is the sense of the Faculty." and does not purport to speak for the entire Faculty or those who vote against the motion;
Approximately 500 freshmen ran around the yard hooting and chanting slogans like, "Rule of reason/out of season." Even the violence was directed against their own numbers (instead of institutions), as water bombs looped into clusters of amazed bystanders.
With the wile that has made him famous, Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci once again proved himself the political master. Charging the three councillors who introduced the referendum order with "political expediency," Vellucci maneuvered them into voting against three of his amendments which they otherwise might well have supported: