Word: amended
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Even if they had succeeded in striking a bargain, a further step would be required: putting an end to the anomaly by which Canada cannot amend its constitution-the British North America Act of 1867-without the approval of Britain's Parliament. However, by custom even that requires unanimity on the part of the provincial governments, and since the Ottawa conference made plain that this was impossible, the "patriation" of the constitution, as Canadians put it, was out of reach by traditional means...
Despite many moderate Republicans' anger over several hard-line platform planks, all efforts to amend them were squelched. To protest the platform's repudiation of the ERA, some 4,500 women (and a few men) marched through downtown Detroit as a sidewalk band mockingly played I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad. But when John Leopold, a member of the Hawaii delegation, proposed from the floor that the platform be reconsidered, he failed to stir support from any delegation...
...Well, they went ahead and did it," said one White House aide, "but it sure could have been worse." In fact, the declaration fell far short of an earlier proposal by some of the Europeans to amend U.N. Resolution 242; instead of referring to the Palestinians as refugees, a new version of the resolution would have effectively recognized their right to a homeland. Before the summit, President Carter had warned the Europeans that the U.S. would veto any such measure. The President was concerned that an initiative of that sort could jeopardize the Camp David peace process and cause Israel...
...Community Development Department will work with councilors to amend the plan, Vickery said. Under state law, a joint planning board/city council hearing could review the plan within two or three weeks, Vickery said...
...extensions, after the trial finishes to file briefs supporting their positions. The administrative law judge then takes the case under advisement, and usually issues his decision within a year or two. The decision then goes to the five members of the NLRB in Washington, D.C., who can either affirm, amend, or send the decision back for reconsideration and further proceedings. The NLRB decision can then be appealed, adding further delays. It is not self-enforcing; the NLRB must file for an enforcement order--in Malin's case in the First U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston. This order...