Word: withdrawnness
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...political machine started whirring angrily, softened up opposition politicos as efficiently as President Tubman's other gadget tenderizes a tenderloin. By the time Liberia's 200,000 voters trooped to the polls last fortnight, the contest had been settled privately. Twe and all other opposition candidates had withdrawn their names from the ballot. Tubman was in for another four years...
...opposed the appointment of General Eisenhower; he also backed the Wherry "manifesto" against sending troops to Europe because the presence of American soldiers might incite the Russians. This started the first Great Debate which sputtered on for two months; then as the Wherry resolution neared a vote, it was withdrawn by Wherry himself. When Hoover's speeches stopped making the headlines, Taft's support petered...
President Gomez left before the end of the second act. Two days later the show closed. Reason: its government subsidy had been withdrawn...
Sullivan revealed that he and Representative Francis J. Good had introduced a House bill two months ago directing the M. D. C. to install the lights. The bill was withdrawn after M. D. C. officials promised to take action on the matter. This promise was renewed last week, Sullivan said...
...rules sanction the formation of a commuter organization with administrative power and with a vote on the Student Council for the commuter president. In addition, Radio Radcliffe and the Radcliffe News were withdrawn from voting seats on the Council...