Word: abstain
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...felt that pride would force the aging exile to seek asylum elsewhere. But life is good at Perón's opulent villa in Madrid, and for the moment at least comfort overcame pride. Last week Perón surrendered to Franco's terms, solemnly promising to abstain from all political skulduggery "while I remain in this country...
...traditional demand that people either abstain from intercourse or accept the natural consequences is very clear and simple, the layman pointed out, but it is inadequate for modern society...
...Castro's remaining trade ($9,000,000 annually) with Latin American nations. The OAS may also recommend that Mexico, Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay complete Castro's diplomatic isolation by breaking their ties with Havana. When the final vote comes up, Mexico and Chile will probably abstain, and Uruguay and Bolivia are still question marks...
...weeks before, Paz's enemies, led by Juan Lechín, leftist boss of the country's tin miners, had withdrawn from the elections, urging all voters to abstain or cast blank ballots in protest. Two days before the vote, Lechín and Hernan Siles Zuazo, onetime President (1956-60) and a former Paz supporter, went on a hunger strike hoping to marshal public opinion against the President. But on voting day, abstentions and blank votes ran only 20% or so, and the hunger strikers soon started eating again...
Members of the RGA Legislature yesterday passed overwhelmingly a proposal to allow Cliffies committed to the cause to abstain from eating dinner in the dormitories on May 14 and to donate the money saved to the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC...