In many other parliaments, including in the countries with democratic traditions centuries long, parliament members do not have the option to
abstain from voting.
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Earlier, in an interview to an English daily, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had said his party will
abstain from voting in the Legislative Assembly.
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So the council decided that the only way to end this was to
abstain from sexual intercourse as a form of rebellion towards their male counterparts.
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Telecom, a sponsor of the All Blacks, has launched a campaign urging New Zealanders to remain chaste, in a joking reference to the notion that some athletes
abstain from sex before big matches.
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Researchers with the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Institute for Community Research studied 414 treatment-seeking smokers in the Houston metropolitan area to determine whether the density of tobacco outlets or the proximity would have an effect on ability to
abstain from smoking.
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Macedonia, according to all forecasts, will
abstain from voting when the Serbian draft resolution on rejecting Kosovo's independence is debated and put to vote at the UN General Assembly on 9 September.
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As a citizen of a country placed in the very Northern parts of the so-called civilized world, there are those who would eagerly point out the futility of having to
abstain from the necessities of life.
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Foreign Minister Taro Aso expressed the view Sunday that Russia and China may
abstain from a U.N.
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Three-fourths of individuals who know that they have genital herpes either
abstain from vaginal sex or always use condoms when they have symptoms, but only one-fifth do so when they are free of symptoms.
Many people with herpes use condoms only during symptomatic outbreaks
Given Britain's high teenage pregnancy rate youngsters who decide to
abstain from sex should be applauded.
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However, it is questionable if the youths in the program will actually
abstain from sexual activity.
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Jones blows on a whistle around her neck to gain the students' attention and launches into her lesson plan on subliminal seduction: how teens are bombarded with images of sex every day, and how they can resist those seductions and
abstain from sexual activity.
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THE RESOLUTION: Ethics Committee members agree that, in this particular scenario, it's best for the editorial page editor to
abstain from this race's endorsement process.
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All three could find themselves in danger if Glazer votes against them and, more crucially, if other major United shareholders John Magnier and JP McManus join him or
abstain from the vote.
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The Firhill insider added:'The Doomsday scenario is that Aberdeen
abstain from voting and Inverness still get the 8-4 majority they need to go up by ground-sharing at Pittodrie.
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