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Even after he stepped down in 1990 following a plebiscite rejecting his rule, his spell still hung over the nation.
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Every week a plebiscite of sorts is held to determine which programs are popular and which are not.
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If this had been a plebiscite , we would have won in a landslide.
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It was clear that the General's opponents were right: this was a plebiscite .
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Napoleon and Louis Napoleon favoured government by plebiscite or caesarian democracy.
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Newfoundland, finally, became the tenth province after a plebiscite in 1948.
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Some countries seek to involve the people more directly, from time to time, by the use of plebiscites.
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The administration will also hold a plebiscite within the next six months for the approval of constitutional reforms.