Word: vetoes
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...allowed to retain the land they now control, which is about two-thirds of the country (but includes only one-third of the population). The other third of the land will be governed by a new regime, with Communists holding half of the key offices. Each side will have veto power, which prompted protests from conservative General Kouprasith Abhay, who had once led a coup against Souvanna. "It is a paralyzed government," said he. "It will not be able to do anything...But there is nothing we can do about...
Chapin believes that artistic matters should be left to artists. He regards himself strictly as an administrator "with veto power." Pending the arrival next season of Artistic Director Rafael Kubelik, this policy has created a certain decision vacuum, one result of which has been a spate of scheduling snafus. Looking over the spring rehearsal calendar, the manager of one conductor discovered his client and the singers were scheduled for rehearsals on different dates. "The Met used to be run like an efficient concentration camp," he growled. "Now it's run like an inefficient day camp." The second half...
...months they were followed for most of their waking hours by a 16-mm. camera and a two-man crew. The camera went with Bill, who owns a company selling strip-mining equipment, on business deals and even followed Lance on his vacation to Europe. While they all had veto power over private scenes, they rarely exercised it. but instead carried on the most intimate discussions before the camera. Even the scene in which Pat tells Bill that she wants him to move out-he had been seeing other women-is recorded on celluloid. "After some months the crew...
...course, the Faculty will never allow recommendations of such scope to slip past its veto. It may have approved a review of the Commission's function, but it will never broaden the Commission's powers so that it would upset the Faculty's hierarchical ascendancy. That is too bad, because a strong Commission on Inquiry might ease the problems of student discipline at Harvard. Paul has made the point that the CRR's decision last Spring to acquit the Mass Hall occupiers proves that the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities can be interpreted to include the context of political actions...
Lest the bankers show any urge to fight for much higher interest rates, Burns has warned them that the Government could always impose mandatory controls on rates. Also, the Federal Reserve can veto bank mergers and acquisitions. Burns is unlikely to use that power in direct retaliation, but the bankers do not want to antagonize him, particularly at a time when they have many acquisitions in the works. Instead of raising the prime now, bankers are likely to offer the 6% rate to fewer borrowers. Or, as Economist Milton Friedman quips, the prime rate is the rate at which banks...