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...They did so by holding on to their small but ardent constituency in the Lisbon industrial belt and among the landless peasants in the southern rural district of Alentejo, while picking up new strength as a result of a decision by a Communist splinter party to withdraw from the election...
...this stage I wouldn't say it's serious," Watson said, "although when the Soldiers Field pool opens in the fall of 1977 the athletic department may withdraw from the Radcliffe gym. Then the higher authorities will have to decide what to do with the building," he added...
Mini-Compromise. Moro's government has remained in power in recent weeks only with informal socialist support. After the socialists threatened to withdraw that support last week, the government was near collapse. If it falls, the probable result can be an early national election. In such a vote, the Communists, based on their strong showing in recent regional elections, might gain enough seats to demand a formal share in government-Italy's long-anticipated "historic compromise...
...Russo would withdraw, we'd walk away with it," Forman said...
...negotiations in return for sticking with Social Security. Elsewhere, employees have favored quitting. In March 1975, 14 of the 15 bargaining units representing the employees of Sacramento County, Calif, asked the board of supervisors to study alternatives to Social Security; three months later the county filed its intent to withdraw...