Word: overturn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mention new Coke and the hurried reincarnation of old Coke as Coca-Cola Classic. He shook up the company's mostly franchised bottling operations, causing about 100 of the outlets, supplying roughly 70% of the U.S. market, to change hands. Goizueta's most radical step has been to overturn the cash-heavy financial management championed by longtime Coca-Cola Chairman Robert Woodruff. During Goizueta's reign, Coca-Cola has borrowed $1.3 billion, mostly to finance his string of entertainment acquisitions...
...thoughtless and somewhat disruptive trick, the Ad Board responded with a bomb. And unless there are compelling facts justifying the Draconian sentence which haven't come out yet, we think the Ad Board should drastically reduce or overturn its decision when it hears the students' appeal at its meeting tomorrow afternoon...
Campus observers speculate, however, that the Tiger Inn and Ivy Club are renewing their efforts to remain all-male bastions. The two clubs last month each filed separate federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the decision of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. That decision had prohibited sex discrimination in the clubs because they are "public accomodations...
Kelley lost her reelection bid by 13 votes in the most expensive race in Colorado history. Her opponent's campaign was financed by a large Colorado mining company, she says. Kelley had opposed the company's efforts to overturn the state's mine safety laws...
...Brieant's decision were upheld, Tribe said, it would set a dangerous precedent that might upset the constitutional balance between the federal and state judicial systems. Tribe said such a ruling would encourage corporations to look nationwide for judges who would be willing to overturn unfavorable decisions...