Word: withholding
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...precise constitutional tenets are loosely defined, but basically they are laws adopted by Parliament, common law, international agreements, and "conventions," or unwritten rules that have developed over the centuries. For example, in theory the monarch has the right to withhold assent to any bill passed by Parliament. The last time that happened was in 1707, when Queen Anne vetoed the Scottish Militia Bill. Constitutional experts believe such an exercise in magisterial power today would cause a political crisis, possibly leading to the end of the monarchy...
...Commencement Day audience anticipated that such important consequences would flow from the 15-minute address. The speech was well-received by the soon-to-be Harvard graduates, receiving a particularly loud ovation following Marshall's vow to withhold economic assistance from any "governments, political parties or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise...
...recent years, several universities, including Yale, have shortened the time periods that they withhold documents, including those already in their archives...
Meese, who will not be called until Phase 2, can expect rough handling over his sloppy initial investigation as well as his dubious legal advice to the President that it was proper to withhold notification of the Iran deals from Congress. But as to whether there was a cover-up, Maine Republican Senator William Cohen notes, "You cannot prove that Meese's ineptitude was calculated...
...Brazilian posture was outlined by Finance Minister Dilson Funaro in a speech he gave last week before the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. Funaro repeated his vow to withhold interest payments until a debt- restructuring agreement is worked out. Any pact, he said, must involve a reduction in Brazil's interest obligations. Such a decline is necessary, Funaro argued, in order for the Brazilian economy to expand...