Word: vetoing
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...commission has announced that it will not review its decision unless resident Genevieve McMillan and the Harvard Square Defense Fund tell them the noise has decreased, effectively giving McMillan veto power over the decision. The Commission should take into account the interests of 6,500 students, not only the desires of a few vocal residents who knew that they were living in the middle of a college campus. Even with an earlier closing time for Tommy’s, the corner of Mt. Auburn and Plympton Street would still be a busy place. Will the residents’ next move...
...Arafat's edicts, is now commonplace not only among the radical Islamists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but even among the grassroots structures of the Palestinian leader's own Fatah organization. The militants, who have no interest in seeing Arafat return to the negotiating table, have a powerful "veto" in the form of ongoing attacks that draw Israel's tank and missile fire and maintain the cycle of violence...
...seven days up from the existing two day limit). It?s not exactly what he was looking for, and the AG is reportedly disappointed by the results of the negotiations. And he won?t be able to do much to address his grievances; short of advising the President to veto the legislation (a move that strikes most as deeply unadvisable). In the end, Ashcroft will have to live with what Congress gives...
...like the White House's flirtation with the idea of reducing capital-gains tax rates for two years to add energy to the economy are likely to provoke weeks of contentious debate, derailing any neatly choreographed events meant to change the subject. By October, when Bush is threatening to veto spending bills that exceed his budget guidelines and Democrats are accusing him of gutting social programs, boutique ideas and visits with schoolkids may seem woefully out of touch...
...speak of, Arafat will be relegated to an increasingly symbolic role as the center of gravity in Palestinian politics shifts towards those who believe Israel can be driven out of the West Bank and Gaza through protracted guerrilla warfare. And those militants are likely to do their best to "veto" any progress by intensifying their attacks in the coming days and weeks...