Word: charter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Prince to the fishing village of Pestel in the south, Haitians last week peacefully crowded to the polls to cast their votes for a new constitution. More than 40% of the electorate, an astonishing figure considering the country's pervasive illiteracy, turned out and approved Haiti's new charter...
However, the CRR was also originally seen as a precedent-setting body. According to its charter's preamble, the CRR would "help to establish a body of precedent and a species of common law for the academic community...
...Coop is short for co-operative. Look at the by-laws and charter to see how difficult they've made it for you, the presumed owner, to change the board. It's a priceless opportunity. Set up a checklist for whatever causes you want and assign rebates to them," he said...
...house has served as the site of several international conferences, including a meeting that established the principles later incorporated into the charter of the United Nations. It was also the inspiration for composer Igor Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks Concerto...
Later North wrote Poindexter, admitting that "I was well beyond my charter in dealing w/a head of state this way and in making threats/offers that may be impossible to deliver . . . it seemed like the only thing we could do." Replied Poindexter: "You did the right thing, but let's try to keep it quiet...