Prince Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of his 75-year-old mother.
This should be seen for what it was a reprehensible abdication of responsibility.
In 1848, the Second French Republic was proclaimed two days after the abdication of King Louis-Philippe.
But some religious Scouting leaders called the delay an abdication of the organization's values.
Such unilateral abdication of control of space would be quite detrimental to U.S. national security.
Mr McGuinness has also charged Mr McCausland with demonstrating a "complete abdication of leadership".
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Rudolf's reign came to an end in 1611 when his brother, Matthias, forced his abdication.
But Labour MP Geraint Davies said the bill was "tantamount to an abdication of parliamentary sovereignty".
But while the precedent of abdication has set in the Netherlands, it hasn't yet taken hold elsewhere.
Intentional abdication of a customer base is wrong unless a new customer is ready to step in.
It's the most irresponsible abdication of what should be a presidential commitment to end what he started.
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Some see this as a dangerous abdication of authority that could spell trouble in the longer run.
In 1830, Louis-Philippe formally accepted the crown of France after the abdication of Charles X on August 2.
The queen announced her abdication in January, saying it was time for a new generation to lead.
But, away from politics, perhaps the biggest resignation in living memory was the abdication of King Edward VIII.
That engendered a housing bubble, which was nourished by the complete abdication of lending standards in the banking system.
But years of judicial abdication in the economic realm should not justify more.
What set spark to tinder was the abdication of Spain's King Ferdinand VII, after a French invasion in 1808.
This action by the FASB was "a complete abdication of responsibility, " Carmichael says.
Yet neither liberty nor opposition to censorship vindicates the abdication of social responsibility.
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The former king had remained an influential figure in his country, despite his abdication in 2004 in favour of his son.
All this suggests it would be an abdication of moral duty if human beings did not at least make the attempt.
People are disconcerted by the White House's seeming abdication of leadership here.
This latest research shows the danger of this judicial abdication: a proliferation of mandated disclaimers that harm both sellers and buyers.
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Iran, which seeks to position itself as a regional superpower, has been emboldened by the Obama administration's abdication of US global leadership.
On the eve of her abdication, Queen Beatrix said that marrying the plain-spoken German nobleman had been the best decision she ever took.
The elected National Assembly now has the right to demand his abdication in a confidence vote, if that's what the Bhutanese people want.
Correspondents say she is extremely popular with most Dutch people, but her abdication was widely expected and will not provoke a constitutional crisis.
The problem of the European Union, by contrast, is not the over-assertion of state power but the abdication of it without a suitable replacement.
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In this crisis, for Obama to now just advocate more of the same, with only new, warmed over rhetoric, is a complete abdication of leadership.
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