Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Horowitz agreed, but he laid down a set of conditions to ensure that, this time, the eyes would not have it over the ears. He insisted that the scene be Manhattan's Carnegie Hall rather than a TV studio. He reserved the power to veto any sponsor that he considered out of key ("No spaghetti"); CBS obliged, signed General Telephone & Electronics Corp. Although Horowitz accepted the ground rule that no piece should last longer than ten minutes, he stuck by his determination "not to play down to the public, but not to be too esoteric either." His program...
...Republican nominee's Southern supporters. "Nixon called on the midnight of the South," said Humphrey. "I call on its dawn and high noon." On the same theme, Humphrey hopes to popularize the slogan "Clear it with Strom," suggesting that South Carolina's Strom Thurmond has veto power over Nixon's decisions. Meanwhile, Humphreyphobes on the West Coast have coined a sobriquet for the Vice President: "Hube the Cube...
...political bases, however. He could thus retire in 1970 and still, at 64, go after the presidential nomination in 1972, assuming, of course, that he would be opposing President Humphrey and not President Nixon. Though he is obviously wearied by his third try for the nomination, Rocky did not veto a fourth. "I've learned long ago," he said, "not to put yourself in a box and limit yourself for the future...
...Vetoing 80%. Originally set up by Pope John XXIII, the commission on birth control was composed of lay and clerical experts in the field, and included medical doctors and sociologists. In June 1966, the commission submitted its final report to the Pope, and authoritative sources reported that 80% of the commission had favored a relaxation of the church's prohibition of artificial contraception. Nevertheless, Paul continued to ponder the issue. Word gradually spread that he had decided to veto the views of the commission majority. Last June, Vienna's Franziskus Cardinal König, who had been briefed...
...chauvinistic new Foreign Minister Michel Debre, French abrasiveness may well increase. The chances for Britain to get into the Common Market are as remote as ever. Nor is there any likelihood that France will heed the plea of Common Market President Jean Rey to abandon the right to veto major proposals and to give the Market's supranational agencies more power to regulate trade. As Common Market Vice President Sicco Mansholt declared: "The Gaullist victory means an important delay in the political progress of Europe...