Word: overturned
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Bill Clinton supposedly came to Washington on a mission to overturn the "damage" of the Reagan-Bush years. But when it comes to drug legalization, the Clinton administration proves as stubborn and closed-minded as the worst of Republicans...
...Clinton administration misses a great opportunity to overturn a failed policy of the Reagan-Bush legacy when it stifles fresh approaches to a worsening situation. After last week, Americans should wonder whether President Clinton has adopted the conservative "stay the course" attitude of the Bush years...
Democrats will not pursue efforts to overturn the election of New Jersey's Republican Governor-elect, Christine Todd Whitman. The state's Democratic Committee said it had found no evidence to support the claims--since recanted --by Whitman's campaign manager Ed Rollins that he paid "street money" to keep black voters from the polls...
Dartmouth College President James O. Freedman '57, according to a Globe article last week, said his school would seek to overturn the consent decree if MIT wins its case. But the other Ivy League presidents, including President Neil L. Rudenstine, have yet to indicate that they will act in the matter...
...boycott will shadow years of debate and speculation about whether the clubs will overturn their century-old single-sex tradition. Individual members say they have expressed support for turning the clubs co-ed, only to encounter resistance from club alumni and the Inter-Club Council, the governing body of the final clubs...