Word: desist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...after the Federal Trade Commission accused him of boosting his $45 million-a-year business by deception and coercion (TIME, April 11), Dancer Arthur Murray cha-chaed his way out of the jam, hardly stubbing his toes. He agreed last week to an FTC consent order "to cease and desist" the practices, thus avoided a tough day in court and the prospect of even more damaging publicity. In exchange, the FTC closed its case...
...natural sciences course, or do a good job with an important introductory "survey," but confound the men who drone through the petrified information on their dog-eared three-by-five cards year after year, or recite from their glittering galley-proofs until the Dean has to ask them to desist...