Word: abstaining
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...majority of all nations, I believe, are united in another hope: that every government will abstain from itself attempting, or aiding others to attempt, the subversion, coercion, infiltration or destruction of other governments in order to gain political or material advantage or because of differences in philosophies, religions or ideologies...
...foreign capital. But toward the close, Walter J. Levy, an oil consultant for several U.S. companies, made a speech that contained some plain talking. Said he: "The functioning of world oil operations is based on the joint endeavors and the continuous contribution of all participants . . . Each participant must abstain from exercising such pressure that others would be discouraged from making their necessary and legitimate contribution to the world oil economy...
...recent Corporation report has advised that students should abstain from bringing cars to college with them. As of now, enough legal parking areas to accommodate resident student car owners do not exist...
...friendship treaties with Britain and France. London and Paris had clearly acted in bad faith by signing agreements to rearm West Germany. Hadn't they promised Russia in 1942 and 1944 respectively to take joint action to prevent renewal of German aggression? They had also agreed then to abstain from any coalition directed against one of the parties to the treaties. Wasn't German rearmament clearly directed against the peace-loving Soviets...
Former Premier Antoine Pinay declared that he, too, would abstain. So did Reynaud. Suddenly, the move to take refuge on the sidelines of abstention gained momentum. "Elections are only 18 months off," explained one observer. "If, by then, rearming Germany still worries Frenchmen, the abstainers can say, 'Don't blame us; we didn't vote for it.' If the Germans behave, the abstainers can contend, 'After all, we didn't stand in the way of the treaties.' " Socialists, pledged to vote for rearmament, began to panic...