Word: alterable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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First, the Nationalist majority in Parliament revoked the extension of franchise to non-Europeans. The Supreme Court promptly overruled them, since the constitution expressly requires a two-thirds vote to alter the franchise. Now the Nationalists are in the process of setting up a "Parliamentary Court," which could reverse the Supreme Court on constitutional matters...
Shaw is Shaw and "Candida" is "Candida," and the Harvard Theatre Group did little to alter that situation last night at the Agassiz Theatre. Which just means that the master's play about a woman, a clergyman, and a poet received the benefits of an excellent dramatic production...
...President may not be enjoined, argued Assistant Attorney General Holmes Baldridge. There is no precedent for it and, in fact, the Constitution "prohibits the courts from encroaching on executive authority." In the steel seizure, "the President is an indispensable party . . . Whether [or not] he acts through an alter ego [i.e., Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, federal boss of the steel mills], the courts will not interfere...
...doubtful that the last minute vote will alter the Council's decision, but the fraternity may be reinstated next winter if it complies with the discrimination ruling...
...patents by copying the hydraulic valve, coupling system, and the power-take-off setup, agreed to make restitution to Ferguson on the basis of about $21 for each of the 441,000 tractors Dearborn Motors has made since mid-1947 (Ferguson had asked $100). Ford also agreed to alter the designs of its own tractors enough to remove any further infringement. In England, Harry Ferguson estimated that his company will be able to keep $5.6 million of the payment after taxes...