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...Iraqis shoot themselves in the foot, however, support won't be easy to find. "Nine votes are not doable right now," said one Administration official last week. Even if the U.S. finds the votes, France or Russia could exercise a veto, though the U.S. is hoping they would abstain instead...
...said that the epidemic explained the victory of President George W. Bush in the 2000 election, despite his loss in the popular vote. Better education would ensure broader societal participation, and would raise voting rates so that half of the electorate doesn’t abstain...
...ABSTAIN HBO announced last week that Sex and the City will air for only one more season. But fans have a long time before they can roll over and go to sleep. The final season will consist of 20 episodes, with 12 to begin airing in June and the rest next January. Of the show's stars--from left, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis--the middle two recently had babies and presumably now need sleep more than...
After weeks of delicate negotiations, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution forcing Iraq to disarm or confront "serious consequences"--most likely war. Iraq's neighbor Syria, widely expected to abstain, was the last country to come around in favor of the measure, after intense lobbying by France, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and even some moderate Arab states. Annan cautioned Syria, the council's only Arab member, that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein might exploit its nonvote in his propaganda. Now Iraq has until Nov. 15 to accept the terms of the decree; U.N. weapons inspectors must resume...
When asked whether he could criticize his own writing style for the benefit of the audience, Eco replied, “Yes, I can—but for commercial reasons, I abstain...