Word: vetoes
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...With approval of student-taught classes firmly in their hands, administrators can veto any prospective educator who does not meet the same standard. Students interested in teaching their own seminars would apply to the administration in advance, with syllabi and lesson plans at the ready. They would have to answer tough questions about what qualifies them to teach the course, and they would have to interview to prove their mettle as a teacher. Finally, the course would automatically be graded pass/fail, keeping students’ GPAs out of the hands of their peers...
...expelled a U.S. diplomat on Saturday. He did so because the diplomat rather high-handedly sent Correa's national police commander a letter saying the U.S. was pulling $340,000 in aid to Ecuador's anti-drug cops, because Correa decided last year not to let Washington have a veto over who runs that force and even who works...
...wasn't a shock when Correa, a master at using anti-yanqui bluster to domestic political advantage, last year told the Americans he would no longer accept their veto privilege regarding the top brass of the Anti-Contraband Operations Unit. Nevertheless, early last month, Astorga sent his letter to National Police Commander Jaime Hurtado - informing the top cop not only that the U.S. was terminating the aid but that the force would have to return all furniture, cars and equipment donated by the U.S. in the past. To which Correa on Saturday replied, "Señor Astorga, keep your dirty money...
...Gaza operation, but with the failure of the U.N. vote." The U.N. resolution called for a cease-fire, which Israel and Hamas both ignored, but Israel's refusal made it the target of international outrage. The resolution, on which the Bush Administration abstained but declined to use its veto as it so often has done on Israel's behalf, also demanded that Israel open the border crossings into Gaza, and called for reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, an option long opposed by Israel...
...Senate were to pass the resolution, it would almost certainly pass the House - where leading Democrats like Barney Frank are pushing for stringent, spelled-out conditions - and then go to the President's desk for a veto, Democratic sources said. Even if Bush can do the honors before he leaves office, Obama would still have to take office as both chambers attempt overrides of the veto. Such a situation might force Obama to expend some of his political capital on fixing the holdover problem, and it could drain support for what he prefers to be concentrating his time and energy...