Word: abstaining
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...Although South Africa thought it had the votes necessary to push its bid over the top, Germany managed to woo four delegates from Asia by exploiting their hostility to Blatter over the distribution of voting rights between continents, and somehow managed to persuade New Zealand delegate Charles Dempsey to abstain rather than vote for South Africa as mandated by the region he represented. A tie would have given the casting vote to pro-South Africa Blatter, but Dempsey's abstention gave Germany a 12-11 advantage. Dempsey later intimated that he'd been under "unsustainable" personal pressure...
Democrats: Abstain Republicans: Abstain...
...which he preached about the amazing works of Jesus and sang a couple of gospel songs, with a projected cross in the background. While many in the audience enthusiastically applauded Brian's attempt to cross the separation between religion and pop, others chose to go to the bathroom or abstain from the wild applause of before. Only when he returned to the keyboards to serenade did the real performance seem to continue again...
...everyone wants to be a cop, their aspirations pale in comparison to the charisma of the infamous Officer Kevin Bryant. He strides around campus, belting his favorite tunes. His speech to freshman was designed to strike terror into young hearts as he threatened each and every inexperienced kid to abstain from alcohol or face his wrath. Bryant is a wet dream for the HUPD PR office, and with his never-fading Academy Award grin, he even catered to FM's whims, agreeing to the following exclusive interview...