This line leaves unclear whether the UK will vote against the Palestinian membership bid or abstain.
But Germany's constitution allows no split vote: a state must cast all its votes one way, or abstain.
Government whips are confident that between 50 and 60 signatories of the anti-fees motion will now either vote with the government or abstain.
Others suggest that couples who delay or abstain from sexual intimacy early on allow communication to become the foundation of their attraction, and that this helps to ensure that companionship and partnership keep them together when the initial flames of lust die down.
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They're aiming to force individual socialist MPs from the ruling party to break off and oppose or abstain on the austerity measures, which are demanded by the EU as the condition for the bailout that is dominating the pages of financial papers (and the lives of economics journalists).
In doing so, Cary, a former Columbia Law School professor recently honored by the school at a day-long insider trading conference, replaced this messy system with a straightforward rule: anyone holding insider information must disclose it to the marketplace prior to buying or selling a stock or abstain from trading.
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Unfortunately, the only truly reliable way to avoid a hangover is to either drink in moderation or just abstain altogether.
But whether the two vote yes, or merely abstain, they will work to keep UN sanctions narrowly targeted on the individuals, companies and banks most directly involved in Iran's nuclear and missile programmes.
The Honduran government's main concern about the elections was that many citizens would either abstain or simply not vote.
And it persuaded the business community either to abstain or to tilt Democratic, so that even the left-leaning Barbara Boxer could outspend Matt Fong two-to-one.
The prime minister's mysterious aversion to Rhodri Morgan, the most popular candidate to lead the party in Wales's new Assembly, persuaded many Labour supporters last May to abstain or vote for the nationalist Plaid Cymru opposition instead.
Someday, we will have these things, or, if we abstain, our potential enemies will have them and we will not.
The researchers had 15 male participants abstain from drinking or eating anything caffeinated for 36 hours.
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The group also favors banning so-called "soft money, " unrestricted donations to parties, and providing free or discounted TV advertising to candidates who abstain from accepting private donations.
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