Word: abstentionism
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The bill, which council parliamentarian P.K. Agarwalla ’04 said “will change the psychological meaning of abstention,” sparked significant debate before being approved by the two-thirds margin required.
As part of an ongoing decade-long debate, the committees voted on proposals to force corporations to adopt an environmental code of conduct, the Ceres principles. The ten points on the environment have been discussed by the committees since 1990, when the ACSR recommended abstention.
"I believe abstention is a strong political position," he said. "I just want to say I'm not part of the game. I'm opposed to the game."
The amendment to expand the grant to all anti-hate measures failed, but the council passed the time limit bill by a vote of 29-9 with one abstention.
Teutonic temptress Claudia Schiffer has trumped liberation icon Nelson Mandela in the rock-paper-scissors game that decides the hosts of soccer's World Cup. Germany, whose bid to host the 2006 event was fronted by the supermodel alongside tennis ace Boris Becker and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, on Thursday knocked...