Word: abstentionism
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Cyprus abstained because of its close ties with the regime. France loftily insisted that a vote of censure amounted to interference in the internal affairs of another state; a more convincing reason for its abstention may be that Paris is dickering with Athens for the sale of gunboats and Mirage...
It is an undeniable fact that celibacy is supported by nearly 1,000 years of ecclesiastical tradition, which ought not to be lightly overthrown. Biblical support for the church's rule rests in part on the person of Jesus-the model and ideal of the servant-priest-who spoke...
But students of American History might recall that progressives and conservatives have frequently crossed purposes. Fitzhugh treated slavery as advanced socialism in 1854; Margaret Chase Smith's liberal abstention cleared the way for ABM development in 1969. Daniel Boorstin is no exception. His latest book, ostensibly a critical defense of...
Shining Interior. Astonishingly, he will not disintegrate, All the degradations, all the tortures will not make him confess to his "crimes." As the universal sufferer, Bates wears the exhausted eyes, the depleted physique, the rime of salt about the parched lips like indestructible medals. In Malamud's view and...
The resolution was passed with only one abstention and one opposing vote in a meeting of 20 people. The Cabinet is made up of the heads of each of PBH's 35 programs.