Declaring a state of war in Macedonia would need more than two-thirds majority approval -- or 81 of parliament's 120 deputies.

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The House of Representatives passed the amendment by more than the two-thirds required majority last year.

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Eight out of 10 Germans (82%) opposed the idea, as did more than two-thirds of the French (69%) and a majority of the British (57%).

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But the ANC, with its two-thirds parliamentary majority, is more than able to weather criticism in parliament, at least until the prosecutors have made a decision.

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The vast majority of English learners, more than two-thirds at the elementary school level, were born in the United States.

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