Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last semester, the 96-seat council could only find 55 interested participants. And last May, When the forlorn student government-which this year will be replaced by a funded and centralized one-was to meet for the purpose of disbanding officially the meeting did not even draw a quorum. The assembly had to be buried by telephone; the more dedicated representatives called the absentees to approve its extermination...
...dangerous for the special session, so the meeting was moved to the Lebanese army's military academy at Fayadiyeh in the hills above the city, deep within Christian-controlled territory. When only 56 deputies showed up for the crucial vote, six short of the 62 required for a quorum, Gemayel militiamen went into action. After what one aide described as a number of "forceful" telephone calls, several cars pulled up to the building. The reluctant deputies were hustled into the chamber by burly escorts...
Rostenkowski and O'Neill lobbied just as hard on their side of the aisle. When Rostenkowski realized that certain Democrats were purposely avoiding the floor during the debate so as not to have their arms twisted, he demanded a quorum call to force members to show up in the chamber. "I want to get them over here where I can get my hands on them," he said...
When Gaddafi's official green Chevrolet Caprice Classic rolled up in front of Tripoli's newly built Grand Hotel, where dignitaries were quartered, only 16 of Africa's heads of state were present. That was less than half the necessary O.A.U. quorum of 34 leaders. Among the decisions that the O.A.U. could not make: the scheduled passing on of the coveted chairmanship of the Pan-African body to Gaddafi, who craves the status and respect ability that the title confers...
...Student Assembly met for the last time in early May, but most of the representatives did not show up. In fact, there weren't enough assembly members present for a quorum, so the body could not even vote on how to dispense of the meager budget it had remaining...