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...next round, a punch must be voted “yes” by 2/3 of the members presently voting at a meeting. * A member who is out of the room for any part of the discussion for a punch may NOT vote on that punch. * Members may abstain from voting in the 2nd and 3rd rounds if they feel they do not have enough information to make a decision about a punch. In general, however, members should try to abstain from abstaining (haha!) whenever possible. * Abstensions are not allowed in the final cut. * A member may throw...
Even if students pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, most will, someday, get married, and then (hypothetically) have sex—even if it’s only for the purpose of procreation. When people finally have sex, they ought to know what they’re doing: they need to know how to protect themselves and hopefully how to enjoy themselves. Foreplay and orgasms are part of sex, a part wholly neglected by sex education; no one talks about them, and as a result, students—and many adults—don’t know...
...that that Iran is is "non compliance" with the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, a finding that allows referral to the Security Council, although with no specific timetable. Russia and China and countries of the Non-Aligned Movement such as South Africa and Brazil have opposed the move, and reportedly abstained in today's vote. Their opposition has been based on fears that the crisis will now escalate, possibly to include military intervention and also on concerns that sanctioning Iran for its nuclear energy program could set a precedent that would affect programs elsewhere. China Russia and India also have economic...
Even so, to many the effort seemed hopeless only two weeks ago. Anti-NATO activists were attracting hundreds of thousands to rallies. Also, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, head of the Popular Alliance, the main conservative opposition party, urged people to abstain, claiming the referendum was just a political ploy by the Socialists. One prominent voter who ignored the boycott was popular King Juan Carlos, who said he was doing his "civic duty" when he and Queen Sofia cast ballots amid television cameras at a school near their Madrid palace. The King does not vote in municipal and general elections so that...
...parties in the coalition, which include communists, socialists and even the remains of the splintered Christian Democrats, are widening. Francesco Rutelli, the unsuccessful center-left challenger to Berlusconi four years ago, outraged allies in the Left Democratic party by backing the Italian bishops' call for voters to abstain from this week's referendum on assisted fertility and stem-cell research. But noisy squabbles among coalition partners over policy mask divisions that are even more bitter: over who will spearhead the election campaign. Doubts have grown over the past month about the leadership of Romano Prodi, 67, the former President...