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Word: quorums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week's meeting, Subramanian made a motion to continue business without a quorum, requiring the full council to ratify the evening's decisions at a later date. Tolis said last night that the expulsion of Griffin and Ruiz had made the previous meeting official...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Although Subramanian acknowledged last week that there was no quorum, many council members said last night they were unaware that the council chair had made any dismissals to solve the problem...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Subramanian began last night's meeting without checking for a quorum--an exception to the usual practice of taking attendance before every meeting. The chair later agreed to take attendance in response to demands from council members...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Council Parliamentarian Michael E. Johnson '92 said that he disapproved of expelling members to attain a quorum, but added that the move waslegitimate...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...council member Colin V. Gallagher'91--recently a vocal critic of the council--saidhe felt the "manipulations" of the quorum were"unethical...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Council Quorumless At Its Last Meeting | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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