Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet missiles in question are entirely in the U.S.S.R., but the American ones are supposed to be deployed on the territory of third countries. That has given those countries a de facto veto over the American negotiating position since the U.S. cannot deploy missiles without the host nation's say-so. Moreover, it has presented the Soviets with a golden opportunity to play the U.S. off against its allies...
...Union can appear willing to compromise, while the U.S. is made to look unbending in the face of any arms control agreement, the Soviets can achieve their cynical negotiating goals. America's NATO allies do not sit at the table in Geneva, but they do exercise a practical veto over the outcome. West Germany, in particular, is involved in an emotional debate over nuclear arms. While the Soviet negotiations could stall, NATO leaders would find it hard to risk the political heat of accepting the American missiles. "What the Americans need is more skill in presenting their case...
...summer of 1963, when Eddie Lee Mays was electrocuted at Sing Sing. And for some time to come, this prototypical electric chair with the flip nickname ("Old Sparky") seems likely to remain nothing more than a grim curiosity. The state's new Governor, Mario Cuomo, promises to veto any capital-punishment statute the New York legislature passes, just as his predecessor did every chance...
Although Bliss has ultimate power, he has deliberately assigned creative authority to Levine and the rest of the quartet. "Basically," he says, "I don't consider myself qualified to make musical or even artistic decisions. I exercise veto power only very seldom and with great reluctance. I don't think a traditional impresario could function any longer in this job. There is not enough time to do everything. Levine tells me what he wants, and I may have to go back to him and say, 'We can't afford to use so-and-so because everything...
Tough horse-trading shaped the final bill. Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire pressured the bill's backers to include an amendment permitting any Governor to veto siting of a nuclear-waste dump in his state unless majority votes in both the Senate and the House overrule him. Mississippi Congressman Trent Lott insisted on a population density-provision aimed at eliminating a potential site in his district from consideration...