Word: overriden
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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...
...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...
...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...