Word: desisting
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...officer stopped two individuals running around in their underwear at Dunster House, advising them to cease and desist...
...That's why President Bush was on Wall Street Tuesday, appealing to investors to keep the faith by warning corporate executives to cease and desist from abusing the trust of their shareholders. Amid a rolling wave of accounting scandals, the President warned that "faith in the fundamental integrity of American business leaders is being undermined." Restoring that faith, he said, was fundamental to maintaining the American way of life: "All investment is an act of faith, and faith is earned by integrity," Bush said. "In the long run, there's no capitalism without conscience; there is no wealth without character...
...vengeful assault. Arafat worked the phones, dialing diplomats around the world, beseeching them for help. Sources inside Arafat's office told TIME that Arafat warned of a bloody battle between his forces and the Israeli army, hoping that prospect would prompt the international community to force the Israelis to desist. He phoned the Jerusalem hotel room of Anthony Zinni, the U.S. special envoy to the region, and pleaded with him to tell his bosses in the Bush Administration to stop what was about to happen. "It's an attack on me personally," he said. "They want...
Seltzer says one of the first priorities for the new site is to figure out how many of the cease and desist letters are valid...
...example, Seltzer cites the case of Aaron Koller ’03 from late last year. The Winthrop House reisdent received a cease and desist letter from Motion Picture Associations through his Allston Burr senior tutor after he had downloaded an episode of the Simpsons...