Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreed to limit the powers of a proposed board of college presidents after meeting with NCAA officials in Washington Thursday, Under the original plan, the presidents would have had almost autonomous power to institute policy and veto any association rules...
...proposal would allow member schools of the NCAA to veto by a two-thirds vote any legislation proposed by the new board, and to reinstate any rule the board had rejected...
...Washington parley will be the first discussion between the two sides since the American Council of Education (ACE) endorsed a plan to create a board of college presidents which would have unprecedented policy making and veto powers within the NCAA. Two weeks ago, top NCAA officials criticized the plan for giving the presidents too much power...
Dukakis said that while he did not approve of a move in the legislature to hike the drinking age from 20 to 21, he would not veto the proposal if it reached him because "there is considerable public sentiment to raise it again." But he added that it was not part of his strategy to reduce automobile fatalities...
...contrast, the destruction of KAL 007 has become an international incident of near crisis proportions--complete with a Soviet veto in the UN Security Council, and significant repercussions in East-West relations, ranging from Congressional debates on defense issues to the refusal of Boston longshoremen to unload cargo from Soviet vessels--and came as a major shock to the Korean nation. The Korean government, the principal aggrieved party, has had its hands virtually tied...