21.   Minutes after the speech, the House and Senate approved a war declaration with only one dissenting vote.

22.   Not so long ago, it was considered ethically dubious for a judge of a high court even to cast a dissenting vote.

23.   On Monday, at a city council meeting here, the lone dissenting vote was cast by a Republican from a suburban district.

24.   One dissenting vote was cast by Judith S. Kaye, now the chief judge.

25.   Over the entire term, Kennedy cast only five dissenting votes, a remarkably small number.

26.   Republicans dropped their filibuster this afternoon, after the Senate confirmed four judges without a single dissenting vote.

27.   Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., was the lone dissenting vote.

28.   Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill., cast the only dissenting vote.

29.   Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., cast the dissenting vote.

30.   She was confirmed without a dissenting vote and began what has turned into three years of weekly commuting between Washington and her home in New York.