Word: desist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have a vision," he says. "It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet." During student unrest in the '60s, he told the university community that protesters would be given 15 minutes to decide whether to desist or be suspended. Despite some grumbling from students, the ultimatum resulted in a calm few other campuses experienced...
...Mangal, one of the border villages hit just three days earlier. This time five Afghan refugees were killed, and eight others injured. The attack seemed to mock the angry diplomatic note of protest issued just one day earlier by the Pakistani government. It demanded that the regime in Kabul "desist from these barbarous and wanton attacks on defenseless civilians...
...West Beirut when the taxi in which he was riding stopped with a flat tire. Blindfolded and with a gun at his temple, Hirst shouted and kicked to attract attention as he was driven through the city, ignoring a gunman's threats to shoot him if he did not desist. "I tried to make as much noise as I could, especially when the car stopped or slowed down at traffic jams," he recounted...
...Slayton's venture has run into a glitch. The State of Florida has issued a cease-and-desist order to the Celestis Group, a Melbourne-based company set up by an undertaker, embalmer and engineer to deliver the remains to Slayton's firm. The state's charge: Celestis is operating an unlicensed cemetery. According to Florida law, a cemetery must include at least 15 acres of land and a road that leads to a highway...
...electoral rules and regulations, the committee members declared that they plan to launch a campaign without their candidate's consent. Their hope was that Iacocca would eventually give in to the pressure of voter support and join the race. "Mr. Iacocca would probably prefer for us to cease and desist," conceded the group's chairman, Michigan State Representative Richard Fitzpatrick. But, he added, "we need the best leadership we can find. And where America's future is concerned, we think the voters shouldn't take no for an answer...