Word: garnering
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...referendum, 35.6% of voters backed a proposal to abolish the military. The results shocked the country's political and military establishment. Few expected the measure to garner more than 25% of the tally. President Jean- Pascal Delamuraz once called the initiative "an idiocy as big as the Matterhorn." Swiss voters, though, viewed the issue with great seriousness: 68.6% of them turned out, more than have shown up for any other of the < country's incessant referendums in the past 15 years. The army will remain, but it has been sharply shaken and irrevocably affected...
Constitutional amendments must garner 25 percent support from constitutional conventions this spring and in the spring of 1991 to be placed on the ballot in 1992. If the joint legislative sessions reject the proposed change in the state constitution either time, the initiative dies, Pye said...
...that's a lesson that Ciavaglia--known as Mr. Assist for his tendency to make plays rather than finish them--could garner some advice from...
Stoyan Mihailov, a reformer who was removed from the Central Committee and stripped of his ideology portfolio under Zhivkov last year, was made minister of eduction and culture. Some observers say that post could prove to be important as Mladenov seeks to garner support from intellectuals in carrying out reforms...
Against the Bruins, quarterback Tim Perry ran for 68 yards and threw for two touchdown passes to help Coach Joe Restic garner his 100th career win. The victory lifted Harvard into third place in the Ivy League...