Sentence examples for amendment the name from inspiring English sources

Direct U.S. funding of the Contras insurgency was made illegal through the Boland Amendment, the name given to three U.S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984 aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance to the Contra's militants.

The Platt Amendment (the name is a misnomer; the Platt Amendment is actually a rider to the Army Appropriation Act of 1901) was accepted by Cuba in late 1901, after "strong pressure" from Washington.

In 1957 its powers were extended and its name changed to the Legislative Assembly (a 1981 constitutional amendment changed the name again, to Parliament).

CREDIT: Brew York City Back in Black, 21st Amendment: Though the name may give this NorCal brew an obvious home in Raider Nation (which will likely need to drink as much as ever this season. Huzzah, Matt Flynn!!), this dark, malty IPA (a Black IPA, if you will!) actually takes its inspiration from Paul Revere's midnight ride.

Amendment of the name "Carcharodontosauridae" was also proposed in order to change its phylogenetic definition to the most inclusive clade comprising Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, but not Neovenator salerii, Allosaurus fragilis, or Sinraptor dongi [42], and this distinction between Carcharodontosauridae and Carcharodontosauria is followed herein.

Stone's history examines America's tendency in wartime to compromise First Amendment rights in the name of national security.

But the outspoken, often abrasive P.I. isn't entirely fearless, and BLACKLIST (Putnam, $24.95) plays on her worst nightmare -- of being deprived of the right to sound off -- by drawing grim parallels between the repressive political climate of the McCarthy era and present-day threats to First Amendment freedoms in the name of national security.

Mr Hammond claims the amendment would stop the name change from the Territorial Army to the Army Reserve, stop payments to small and medium-sized firms whose employees join the reserves, and stop reservists getting paid leave when training as well as on operations.

Opposition to the amendment, organized under the name Floridians for a Sensible Voting Rights Policy, appears to consist of a single Tampa lawyer and has not run any ads or carried out any major campaign activities.

At Decision Time, the Presiding Officer puts questions on the motions and amendments by reading out the name of the motion or amendment as well as the proposer and asking "Are we all agreed?", to which the chamber first votes orally.

You should title your Amendment as such, and include the name of the Trust the Amendment will modify, as well as the date of the Amendment.