Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case began when a request for an alcohol permit by Grendel's Den restaurant was nullified by the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Armenian Church. The parish took advantage of a long-standing Massachusetts law which allows churches and synagogues to veto such requests from establishments located within 500 feet...
...added that, by issuing a selective veto, the church has unfairly hurt Grendel's business. Restaurant co-owner Sue E. Duelzer estimated yesterday that her business loses "10 or 11 customers a night," because it cannot serve alcohol...
Even if the justice decide to support the restaurant's claims in a more narrow sense--ruling that a selective church veto illegal--laws in five states would be nullified...
...addition to the Craigie applications, 100 other projects have requested federal loans for this fiscal year, which ends on September 30, Vannaen said. She added that recent presidential veto of a supplementary budget bill completely eliminated the Housing Act's new development funds...
...Last July the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to override a presidential veto of copyright legislation that extended a law protecting the American printing industry from foreign competition...