Word: annul
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Delhi there were reports that when Mrs. Gandhi was warned of impending defeat, an inner circle of advisers tried to persuade her to annul the election, arrest the opposition leaders in the name of stability and reimpose the full force of the emergency. Whether or not the reports are true, Mrs. Gandhi-to her credit-accepted the voters' decision with quiet grace...
...Earlier this summer it seemed as if even this formidable alliance might be inadequate. When the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the dam builders' FPC license should prevail over any action by Kleppe, friends of the New River won Senate and House approval of a bill to annul the license. Their effort was frustrated when the House Rules Committee responded to power-company pressure by requiring a two-thirds vote on any license-lifting legislation...
...June Second Movement demanded freedom for six jailed radicals involved in Baader-Meinhof-style criminal operations-curiously not including gang leaders Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. They also wanted authorities to annul all verdicts handed down against demonstrators who had violently protested the death by prison hunger strike of a gang member named Holger Meins. One result of the violence was the murder of West Berlin Supreme Court President Giinter von Drenk-mann. It is suspected that he was killed in retaliation for Meins' death (TIME, Dec. 9). Unless the six prisoners were released, provided with...
...Annul my will, give all to her; Leave nothing...
Advocates and opponents of abortion have clashed for the past two days in Congressional hearings over proposed constitutional amendments that would annul last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion...