Word: abstaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...CCSR voted to abstain on a resolution asking Exxon Mobil to adopt “quantitative goals” for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions...
...CCSR voted to abstain on proposals calling for five companies to provide additional reports on political contributions and expenditures, and to identify employees who helped to make such contribution decisions...
...time for the roll call vote. Thirty-three vote in favor of certification. Four abstain. Two vote to disenfranchise. Guess who? (Hint #1: they ran against Bowman-Hysen. Hint #2: it's not Long-Johnson...
Ingrid V. Pierre ’12, a devout Buddhist and VES fine arts concentrator, chooses to abstain from drug use entirely, and the idea of usage while undertaking creative pursuits strikes her as particularly unsavory...
...given Sunday during football season, they need it. There are chapel services prior to the game, and the chaplains often lead the Lord's Prayer pre-game in the locker room and again post-game, with both teams at the 50-yard line. (Participation is optional, and many players abstain from religious services, not wanting to mix their professional lives with their spiritual ones...