Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...later, Russia's Andrei Vishinsky strode to the rostrum. In his best prosecutor's fashion, he once more listed U.S. citizens whom he considered warmongers (Secretary James Forrestal, Senator Styles Bridges, et al). Vishinsky proposed an international control body under the Security Council (where Russia has a veto) to supervise a general 33⅓% armament reduction. He also repeated Russia's demand for the immediate outlawing of the atomic bomb. That was the old story -Russia wants the U.S. to destroy its bombs but at the same time Russia refuses to accept an international control and inspection...
...Veto. Last July, the Little Assembly adopted an Argentine resolution calling for a world conference on Charter revision (purpose: to change voting procedure in the Security Council). The U.S., France and Britain voted against this recommendation which will be considered at the Paris meeting...
...Instrument. Since the U.S. had no veto power, all Cavendish Cannon could have done (and that might have been plenty) would have been to present the U.S.'s case loudly and firmly. He was not the man for that...
...German leaders had a serious reservation: they did not want to be officially saddled with German blame for a government and a constitution which would formalize the division of Germany. In fact, the Allies would hold a veto over German decisions, and the German leaders, understandably, were ducking responsibility without full authority. The Germans suggested several verbal changes: for "government" they wanted to substitute "economic and administrative area"; for the "constitution" to be drafted in September they suggested "organizational statute." But, said Social Democratic Spokesman Erich Ollenhauer: "We are going ahead shoulder to shoulder with the task of strengthening...
...year Metro-Goldwyn Mayer offered Waugh $150,000 for the film rights to Brideshead. It was a situation worthy of a Waugh novel. It is explained, according to Waugh, by the fact that none of the top studio brass had ever read the book. When Waugh demanded "full Molotov veto rights" over the script, the deal fell through...