Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Israel "categorically rejects the resolution," which it termed not only unjust but further "proof that the U.N. has been turned into an instrument of Israel's enemies." Then Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir summoned U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis to express Israel's "disappointment" over U.S. failure to veto the resolution...
Perhaps the most brazen of all the mullahs, Ayatullah Seyyed Mohammed Beheshti, thus consolidated his party's power and made good on a seven-month-old vow to reduce the popularly elected President to a figurehead. Even Banisadr's attempt to retain his constitutional veto rights over Cabinet appointments was rudely quashed by the mullahs. "The Prime Minister," insisted Beheshti, "must be free to choose anyone he deems fit for Cabinet positions...
...permanent minority in the Assembly, Atkins outlined two options for assuring them a voice in the executive branch: 1) Cabinet seats proportional to their strength in the Assembly, or 2) a Cabinet controlled by the Protestant majority but counterbalanced by a special Council of the Assembly, endowed with veto powers, on which the largely Catholic minority parties would have a guaranteed 50% representation. Westminster would retain direct control over security, most taxation, defense and foreign policy; but all other political powers would reside in the government...
King can either sign or veto the measure. If he does neither the statute will become law without his signature if the legislature is still in session Saturday night at midnight, when the time limit on the bill expires. But if the legislature "proroges" or adjourns before Saturday night, King could pocket veto the bill by not acting...
...offensive weaponry for its F-15 fighters. Denmark last month signed a contract for 20,000 bbl. of oil per day that forbids Danes to take any action that would "bring the kingdom of Saudi Arabia or any of its departments into disrepute." This could mean a Saudi veto power over something like showing the controversial film Death of a Princess, or even over Danish foreign policy...