Word: vetoing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...castle site is designated part of the historic area, the Historic Area Commission could exercise a veto over the castle plans. Harvard's zoning permit for the castle could then conceivably be revoked...
According to Vellucci his aesthetic attraction to the castle may be Harvard's only protection against City Council action which could result in a veto of the building plans. This Monday the Council will consider establishment of a local Historical Areas Commission which could control new architecture in designated areas...
...Western history. From economic partnership, many statesmen believed, would come the political framework of an Atlantic Community. Tired of Concessions. How far this grand design has receded from reality is only now becoming fully apparent. The disintegration started last January, when, as all the world knows, Charles de Gaulle vetoed Britain's admission to the Common Market. But while other members of the Six were varyingly irritated by De Gaulle's way of saying non and disappointed by Britain's exclusion, few at the time could have predicted the depth and duration of distrust that De Gaulle...
...President Truman vetoed the Subversive Activities Control Act in 1950, and said "the application of the the registration requirements to so-called Communist front organizations can be the greatest danger to freedom of speech, press and assembly since the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1796." The Act was passed over his veto...
...required to furnish the AEC with background information on all aliens doing research at the CEA, and will allow the commission the final say on Soviet-bloc scientists who do work there. The original contract proposals--which were rejected by the University--would have allowed the AEC to veto the employment application of any alien, not just those from Soviet-bloc countries...