Word: abstaining
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...Bushies have also been attacked for their emphasis on the Ugandan model for combating AIDS. President Yoweri Museveni’s public relations campaign—known as the “A.B.C.” initiative, for “Abstain, Be faithful to your partner or use a Condom”—stresses behavioral change before it does condom use. Over the past dozen years, it has been tremendously successful. “In Uganda,” the Washington Post reported last Wednesday, “AIDS prevalence fell for the 12th consecutive year...
...meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly Tuesday between Presidents Bush and Chirac failed to resolve the differences between the two sides over restoring Iraqi sovereignty, and the role to be played by the United Nations. But this time, the French will simply abstain if their concerns can't be accommodated...
Heavy alcohol use is the leading threat to the health of college students, not only for the heaviest drinkers, but also for all college students—including those that abstain. Research has shown that students who do not binge drink experience many “secondhand effects” from the binge drinking behavior of other students, such as physical assault, unwanted sexual advances, vandalized property and interruptions of sleep or study...
After Paulin was invited in November, Lecturer in Literature Rita Goldberg e-mailed her students, encouraging them to abstain from attending the poet’s talk...
...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...