Word: abstains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minister Pierre Messmer is the other), Couve also had a few things to say publicly about the general's plans. De Gaulle realized, reported Couve, that any political meddling on his part "would make it difficult for those who succeeded him." Accordingly, he has "marked his desire to abstain from any future intervention in French political life." Considering the rebuff that voters had just handed to one of his heirs, that is probably a shrewd judgment on De Gaulle's part...
...informal "convocation" after the meeting, 44 of those who had voted "no" or "abstain" voted once more. Forty-one of them voted to support the spirit of the anti-war resolution, and three voted against...
...formal vote at the meeting was 255 for the resolution, 81 against, and 150 abstain...
...penny must be earned") that may have appealed to his nationwide TV audience but only enraged the union chiefs. "Well, the writing's on the wall, now," said T.U.C. Delegate Cyril Philips. "The Tories will go back into power next time because a lot of disillusioned people will abstain from voting...
ITEM: At a dinner party in New York's Westchester County, the dessert includes grapes. The hostess notices that her fellow suburbanites fall to with gusto; the guests from Manhattan unanimously abstain...