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Word: overriden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School, President Bok has overriden the recommendations of faculty by denying tenure to critical scholars. Most recently, President Bok again overrode faculty to appoint a new Dean whose stated goal is to "combat" critical views in jurisprudence. Newly appointed Dean Clark also spoke scathingly of Professor Derrick Bell's sit-in protest against suppression of critical views (Bell is one of two tenured Black professors at the Law School). Said Clark, "This is a university--not a lunch counter in the Deep South." President Bok's continued efforts to purge the Law School of Critical Legal Studies (itself an outgrowth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Open Letter From the Student Strikers of 1969 | 4/11/1989 | See Source »

...common necessaries of life." If the relationship breaks up, a person must inform the city and wait six months before claiming a new partner. Mayor Dianne Feinstein has not yet signed the legislation, but since it passed by an 8-to-3 vote, her veto would probably be overriden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: And Now, Gay Family Rights? | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...King said he will sign barring any unexpected hitches in a final review of the bill, would allow local voters to partially override the cuts mandated by Prop 2 1/2 with a majority vote. If two-thirds voted against 2 1/2 in a referendum, the cuts would be totally overriden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King May Allow Communities To Override Prop 2 1/2 Tax Cuts | 1/5/1982 | See Source »

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