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...Success fueled exaggerated visions of a grand, institutionalized United Europe. There was talk of a common flag, of joint Olympic sports teams, but nationalism stayed alive. In 1966, under severe pressure from French President Charles de Gaulle, the Community adopted a compromise allowing a partner country to cast a veto whenever it felt that a "vital national interest" was involved. Since then, the veto threat has been invoked several times on issues like farm prices and deregulation, sometimes slowing Community progress to a crawl. De Gaulle also pulled French forces out of NATO'S integrated military commands and closed down...
...three-member CCSR, the only group with the power to veto Harvard’s investments on ethical grounds, is a sub-committee of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing board...
Romney has said that he will “vote [his] conscience” and veto the Massachusetts Legislature’s bill, although the vote in both houses will likely be large enough to override his veto...
...We’re not terribly concerned...because we are going to override [the veto],” she said...
Once the final bill clears the legislature, Romney will have 10 days to sign or veto...