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Word: abstentionist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...negotiations. Thus the likely immediate prospect seemed to be a minority Christian Democratic "seaside Cabinet" for the summer interim. Certainly, disillusioned Italian voters appeared to want a holiday from wrangling, inconclusive politics: at the polls a record 1.7 million blank ballots gave birth to what wags called the new "Abstentionist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Hammer and Sickle at Half-Mast | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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