Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...results of this election should only stand if, even pretending that all "no" voters had abstained the constitution would have passed anyway. Wouldn't it be ironic if the Third World Alliance and the GSA, in urging their members to reject the constitution, actually helped it pass? Having a "no" vote count as a "yes" is obviously undemocratic. In any future elections, I would recommend dropping any minimum voting clause--anyone too apathetic to vote deserves whatever he gets--and just require a straight majority or straight two-thirds majority. Tim McGuire...
...what modifications occurred on the cable's journey to him, or-unless he has studied the subject himself-what long-range purpose is to be served, if any. He can rewrite the cable, though he will rarely have time or the detailed knowledge to do so. He can reject it, though if he is not extremely vigilant the cable is likely to come back to him in only slightly modified form. (In the summer of 1976 I received so many essentially identical cables on one particular subject I did not wish to act upon that only the threat...
...OFTEN that Harvard undergraduates do anything as a group, but we hope this week they will get together and soundly reject the proposed Undergraduate Council. While the new system will rationalize the procedure for placing representatives on student-Faculty committees and give those student members a method for articulating and carrying out a consistent policy, the gains in student access to issues and decisions are small...
...student impact at the open meeting played a very important role," in convincing the ACSR to reject the proposed change, said Smith. "The student impact was crucial...
...Many of the elements are very close to what I've been saying have to be part of a compromise." Though White House aides found fault with the plan for its meager defense hikes and its politically explosive cuts in Social Security benefits, they were careful not to reject it outright. Domenici has made "a good-faith effort to come up with an alternative," said one presidential adviser. "We'll take a look...