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Word: vetoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fifth inning and allowed B. U. two hits and three runs for the remainder of the game. ing" appointments in designed to give a man notice of the termination of his services and give him opportunity to obtain another position. The President, who has the power of approval or veto, automatically cut this to two years, as he has done in the all similar cases this year; formerly it has been customary to give a man only one year to look for a job. The Board of Overseers and the Corporation have both passed on the recommendation; either could have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. BEATS NINE 9 TO 7, SPOILS LOCAL OPENER | 4/15/1937 | See Source »

...therefore the Department recommended that they be even a three year concluding appointment. The practice of "conclud- ing" appointments in designed to give a man notice of the termination of his services and give him opportunity to obtain another position. The President, who has the power of approval or veto, automatically cut this to two years, as he has done in the all similar cases this year; formerly it has been customary to give a man only one year to look for a job. The Board of Overseers and the Corporation have both passed on the recommendation; either could have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Claims Teaching vs. Research Is Issue; Drops Walsh-Sweezy Dismissal | 4/15/1937 | See Source »

More practical Thomasites were last week counting less on posthumous rewards than on intervention by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who as U. S. President may veto any act of the Commonwealth Government which in his judgment indicates failure to fulfill Government contracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Thomasite Troubles | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...every one of the infinite variety of organizations that submerged their differences and pooled their resources in the common cause of repealing the Teachers' Oath Law, Governor Hurley's veto comes as a bitter disappointment. But the appalling thing about the defeat is not so much the Governor's action, which might have been expected, but the message which he sent back to the General Court along with the unsigned repeal. It is appalling as a revelation of the state of mind of the governor of the Commonwealth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAD BUT NOT BURIED | 4/2/1937 | See Source »

...week could say for sure. However, Mr. Quezon, being virtu ally a political dictator and having got from his rubberstamp, unicameral Legislature more power than Franklin Roosevelt has yet dreamed of, recently accepted from his legislative branch full power to raise and lower tariffs. The U. S. might now veto his use of it. If, however, he can get independence or some form of autonomy before 1940, he can with the greatest of ease lower tariffs on Japanese goods. Rather than permit this, the U. S. would probably find it highly advisable to make a trade agreement that would cancel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHILIPPINES: Brain | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

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