Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...binding resolution passed last Monday by a vote of five to two, with two abstentions. Proposed by Councillor Walter J. Sullivan Jr., it argued that Massachusetts energy supplies are already at critically short levels, and that the closure of the Pilgrim and Yankee Rowe plants will seriously threaten the state's existing energy production capabilities...
...vote reflected the political polarization among members of the council. While members of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association either voted against the resolution, or abstained, Independent councillors voted unanimously to uphold...
...asked why he voted to oppose Question Four, Vellucci said, "Because I wanted to." When pressed for elaboration, he added, "I love to vote...
However, for more than 20 years now, the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have lived under Israeli occupation. They are denied the right to vote, yet must pay taxes to their occupiers. They are subject to beatings, torture and arrests without charge. Their property has been confiscated...
...both Israelis and Palestinians.. Those genuinely concerned with Israel's future as well as the rights of the Palestinians cannot afford to miss this opportunity. We, the undersigned, are Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Arabs and non-Arabs, united together in an effort to encourage the Cambridge community to vote...