Word: reconsideration
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democratic leaders in Congress acknowledge that they do not have the votes to override a presidential veto. But Senate majority leader George Mitchell urged Bush to reconsider, pointedly recalling his vacillating stands on the issue. "The President has already changed his position on abortion once, in 1980," Mitchell observed dryly...
But the political issues brought with them unexpected scrutiny. A slew of controversial debates last spring burned the body, forcing many members to reconsider the council's role as a political institution.
A ban on door-dropping is not a workable solution, and is incompatible with our continued survival. Please take this to heart and reconsider the door-drop ban if this pertains to your house. I'm sure I speak for all the publications in saying that I'd rather work...
The four-member Election Commission agreed in July on wording for the ballot. But early in August, the commission voted to reconsider that decision, and the commission has been stuck in a 2-2 tie ever since.
Early in December Harvard's announced plan to build a 200-room hotel on the Gulf station lot came under bitter attack from the members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who wanted an academic building on the site. After the faculty unanimously called on Harvard to "reconsider" the...