Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Washington it seems to be regarded as a settled fact that the President will veto the Chinese bill today...
...such a thought. It would be useless for me to reiterate the arguments advanced in my former letter; they are well known to every one who has examined the subject. I think, too, that you decide rather hastily when you say, as if conclusively, that the corporation would veto any step in the direction proposed. That body, I feel sure, are quick to recognize what is best for the students with whose welfare they are concerned, and would at once see the many advantages that would result to both men and to the Dining Association...
...superiors, not in his capacity as Bursar (for the Dining Association never entertained any official relation with such an individual), but as Mr. Allen Danforth, who saw a good chance of interfering again in an unauthorized manner with the free action of the students. When the Corporation vetoes a vote of the Directors, the students bow to their decision, however much they may regret it. The Corporation is the proper authority to veto the action of the Directors. But when a private individual undertakes to smuggle himself into the Dining Hall under an official flag, for the purpose of interfering...