Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question of holding class elections this year is still undetermined, Calkins reported, as the Council has not yet decided whether the veto of '42 is valid for succeeding Freshman classes. Re pointed out, however, that one of the aims of the committee is to find out "what useful purpose" such elections serve...
Gawky, cadaverous Sinclair Lewis, rehearsing his third stage role, as the canon in Paul Vincent Carroll's Shadow and Substance, overrode the veto of his technical adviser, the Rev. Edward Murphy, performed in a redlined, red-piped cape (correct for monsignors) on the ground of "good theatre...
...fine-spirited manner, but I think it best that their efforts die a quiet death in the pocket of my old blue serge suit. . . . Everyone in Cambridge knows that Mike's heart is in the right place. ..." Retorted Councilman Sullivan, threatening to override the veto : "I'm not kidding about this thing. ... It may step on freedom of speech and the press a little bit, but it should be done...
...money bond veto, only remaining point of contention, C. & S. and the syndicate were given ten days in which to appeal. Meanwhile, Wendell Willkie issued a statement that tried to make two main points: 1) if Consumers Power's $70,000,000 of preferred stock is added to its common, its ratio of stock and surplus to capitalization rises to 49%; 2) that inclusion of a minority interest in Consumers would complicate the problem of integration-a problem irrelevant to the proceeding at hand...