Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Irresponsible use of the veto" was deprecated by Cadogan, but he declared that "nothing is wrong with the U.N. charter. It all depends on how the veto is employed. The U. N. is not a cure-all," he stated, "but merely an instrument whose effectiveness rests on the aims of its users...
...live by the law of the jungle will be compelled to cooperate. Taft believes, therefore, that the Baruch plan is too liberal and smacks too heartily of appeasement: since Russia has so far proven unwilling to accept the Baruch plan provisions for international inspection and suspension of the veto, the plan should be put back into the files until the Russians are willing to bid for it again...
...hope of attaining international cooperation. If a stiffer attitude towards Russia appears to be justified, the Taft proposal for withdrawing the Baruch plan raises the problem of how tough to get. The removal of such a facet of international organization as atomic energy seems in effect a pocket-veto by the United States of world cooperation. Unqualified use of the toughness policy may result in the destruction of the United Nations pattern...
...made it clear that he would veto any bill that cut taxes at the expense of sound economy or that failed to reduce the national debt. "When a man is earning good wages ... he is wise if he uses his excess income to pay off his debts. He would be shortsighted if he cut his income just because he was not spending it all at the moment...
Shubert got permission to lift music from any Puccini opera so long as he mixed nobody else's music in with it. The terms raised such a hue & cry that Attorney General Tom Clark rushed into print with an explanation. The U.S. had reserved a veto: if Shubert's score was not up to Puccini's "high artistic standards," the deal...