Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...elections degenerated into a muddled class war that obviated any recognition of the merits of Plan E and glossed over the flaws in an antiquated school system. That the city's 55,000 voters chose to maintain four enemies of Plan E on the City Council and return a veto-force of three to the School Committee must stand as a tribute to the sagacity of Cambridge politicians...
...Eastern Europe the umbrella took the form of a program to liquidate non-Communist leaders in satellite states (see FOREIGN NEWS). In U.N. it took the form of an intensified defense of the Kremlin's veto. In propaganda it included threats like Molotov's (see below...
Asserting that it is too early to give up hope of cooperation with Russia, Professor Emerson deprecated the "short-circuiting" of the Security Council. He called the projected permanent veto-less body a violation of the spirit of the Charter...
...Arabs agreed that Palestine should be partitioned. They also agreed that, during a two-year transition period, some kind of U.N. constabulary ought to be around to enforce peace. But where would the cops come from? How many from Russia, for instance? And who would boss the cops? The "Veto Council...
Results of the Council's poll, in the form of postcard questionnaires sent to all students owning motor vehicles, will be tabulated Monday, and if the demand is neglible, the Corporation will probably veto the Stadium plan. But a fairly substantial vote for the proposal may bring about the creation of the first University-sponsored parking...