Word: abstaining
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...says University of Murcia political scientist Ismael Crespo, the Socialists have to hope for a high turnout. "The PP's ranks are very loyal; 80 to 85% of those who voted for them in 2004 will vote for them this time," he says. "But traditionally, about 20% of leftists abstain - they're generally disenchanted with government and only mobilize in times of crisis...
...President has asked Congress to extend and double the funding of PEPFAR when the five-year program expires in 2008. PEPFAR provides anti-retroviral drugs and other treatment for HIV-positive and AIDS patients in developing countries, while also trying to prevent new infections using the "ABC" approach: abstain, be faithful and use condoms. An earlier controversy over the first tenet of that drive - abstinence, which critics claimed reflected an effort impose a conservative Christian morality amid a humanitarian catastrophe - remains. "Certain constituencies, such as sex workers, are excluded from PEPFAR money," says Ayesha Kajee, program director of the International...
...group ultimately decided this year to abstain from organized political involvement after concerns arose that activism—even concerning what are seen as “obvious” Muslim issues—would devalue the range of views in the Islamic world...
...unguarded two-room triple on Bow Street. My bedroom became a front in the environmental war.This fall, the green monster made itself even more at home. Upon arrival in September, my two roommates entered into to a contest to see who could keep vegan—that is, abstain from all meat and animal products—for the longest time. After a week, the less resolute of the two, the one who enjoyed a sprinkling of cheddar cheese on his plate of soy beans, black beans, and pinto beans, backed off, jumping ship for vegetarianism. Months later...
...think of all the terms we have for jerking off that we don’t have for girls. FM: If you had to give a piece of advice to Harvard students about their sex and love lives, what would it be? JF: Obviously, I would encourage them to abstain until marriage. LC: It would probably be to be as confident about their sexuality as they are about their intellect and other things that make them great. Start acknowledging it, and not being ashamed that we have sexual desires, and not treating sex as something we should be ashamed...