Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...formal change in the Rome Treaty to prevent majority voting on the council, thus retaining control of veto power. France will probably have to settle instead for an informal gentleman's agreement that no country will be overruled on a matter of vital national interest...
...destroy the Market; as Jean Monnet pointed out long ago, whatever else he may do, De Gaulle hesitates to act in a way that will make him look foolish in history's long view. Last week De Gaulle hinted that he might be ready to reverse the veto by which he kept the British out of the Common Market nearly three years ago. Whatever De Gaulle is really up to, he is finding in the current French election campaign that his policy on European unity-or rather, disunity-is the one issue on which he is opposed...
...until a few months ago, that was the extent of the action. Meanwhile, over the summer, the state legislature took away any initiative the City might have had by removing its right to veto any route officially proposed by the State Department of Public Works. The veto was not absolute; any dispute would have gone to a three-man arbitration board with one neutral, one man appointed by Cambridge, and one by the DPW. Yet, despite its limited nature, the veto stalled DPW action on the Cambridge segment of the highway...
...veto may not have been the only reason for the delay. The DPW was busy winning approval of routes through Boston and Somerville. Having done this and having had the partial veto successfully removed, the DPW has rendered Cambridge virtually powerless...
...litigation against 41 other party members who have refused to register. In 15 years, the five-member board established by the McCarran Act has failed to get a single Communist or crypto-Communist organization or individual registered. As Harry Truman said of the bill, which passed over his veto: "The idea of requiring Communist organizations to divulge information about themselves is a simple and attractive one. But it is about as practical as requiring thieves to register with the sheriff...