Word: abstaining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This time the monarchists were wary, and advised their followers to drop blanks in the ballot boxes. Few dared to abstain from voting, for failure to vote could be punished by fines, reduced rations or loss of jobs...
...report back to a working committee with instructions to pay due heed to the U.S. "principles," but to bring the phrasing into harmony with the Assembly's disarmament resolution-a document which does not mention punishment or vetoes. The vote in favor was 10-to-0. Poland abstained; Russia's Gromyko did not even "abstain"-in the technical sense. He simply said: "I am not taking part in this discussion." This was a walkout lacking only the physical act, a sort of sitdown walkout...
...Bebler of Yugoslavia roused himself with a start, realized that he had been called on to vote on a clause in the Rumanian treaty. "No," he said, and looked at Molotov, bellwether of the Slav bloc. Molotov frowned. "I mean yes," said Bebler. Molotov frowned harder. "I mean I abstain," babbled the Yugoslav. Molotov smiled...
...should abstain, but does not want to, should be placed on an alcohol farm, or in a sanitarium or hospital. When an alcoholic's supply is abruptly stopped, sedatives are often necessary to relieve the shakes or jitters. He must learn the importance of eating; carry chocolate bars to nibble between meals, take heavy doses of vitamin...
Again, the Communists had failed to reckon with the Church. No blaring slogans or challenging invective came from Catholic pulpits. But on Sunday (i.e., election day) morning, cures throughout France preached that "to abstain from the polls is treason." The congregations went out from Mass to cast their...