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• n  the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

• For Orthodox Jews Yom Kippur, the last 24 hours of the ten-day observance, was a Day of Atonement, the only one of the year on which Mosaic law prescribes abstention from food .
• But an abstention rate of 44% suggests some of Chavez's traditional support base didn't show up to vote.
• After decades of relative abstention, Colson is back in power politics.

• abstinence

News & Articles

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• Override needed to solve long-term deficit
  SHIRLEY -- With unanimous approval save one abstention, the Finance Committee voted Monday night to recommend use of the town stabilization fund to cover any change in the Shirley school budget assessment up to $55,000.
  June 14, 2013 - Shirley Oracle
• Shirley finance panel: Put stabilization fund toward school budget
  SHIRLEY -- With unanimous approval save for one abstention, the Finance Committee voted Monday night to recommend the use of town stabilization-fund money to cover any change in Shirley's school-budget assessment up to $55,000.
  June 11, 2013 - Sentinel & Enterprise
• R.I. Senate committee approves casino oversight bill
  By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A 58-page casino crime-and-punishment bill is headed for a vote by the full Senate on Wednesday, after clearing the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The committee vote was 9-to-0, with one abstention after some Senators - and speakers - expressed reservations about the 11th hour introduction of the bill and the severity of the penalties for cheating or ...
  June 11, 2013 - The Providence Journal

Quotes

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• Sepp Blatter in The Guardian
  Blatter told a news conference in Zurich: "Mohamed Bin Hammam proposed that the future mandate of the presidency is limited to eight years - twice four years - and not more. This motion was rejected by 15 votes to five with one abstention. This...
• Gerard Latortue in Independent Online
  The general impression is that voter abstention was slightly less this year than in preceding two rounds,said Gerard Latortue, Haiti's former prime minister who is heading the OIF organisation of French speaking countries team of observers,...
• Michel Barnier in AFP
  Our main battle is the fight against abstention,French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier said last week, as he campaigned for the ruling conservative UMP party.