Sentence examples for voted to surrender from inspiring English sources

In 1990 the CPSU voted to surrender its constitutionally guaranteed monopoly of power, thereby permitting opposition parties to flourish legally in the Soviet Union.

When virtually all his generals voted to surrender, Pemberton said that he would offer to give up the city on July 4. Pemberton (who was born in Philadelphia, but had married a Virginia woman) further stated that doing so would be to the Confederates' advantage.

Having received assurances from the Russian ambassador Yakov Bulgakov that no territorial changes will occur, the Guardians of the Laws cabinet voted 8 4 to surrender.

Fearing that suburban politicians and Tennessee's Republican-dominated legislature might alter this arrangement to allow more tax money to stay in the suburbs, Memphis voted in December to surrender the school charter.

In June 1991, on the same day that the Colombian Congress voted to forbid extradition in the country's new constitution, Escobar surrendered and was subsequently jailed.

Similar words in another context were heard Sunday; failure to vote would amount to surrender.

"And even though background checks were supported by some 90% of the American people and a majority of NRA households, the Senate surrendered, voting to block those background checks – even with the families of Newtown in attendance.

Last week, Mr. Santorum held a rally in the heavily black heart of North Philadelphia, serving notice that while about 95percentt of the city's blacks usually vote Democratic, he did not intend to surrender a single black vote.

Prof Appel also said using email voting meant citizens had to surrender their right to make a choice anonymously.

But I'm not going to surrender one vote in any group -- and I am going to do very well in those communities".

The administration's effort to have Congress to surrender its annual vote on China trade faces a much tougher fight in the House.