Word: desists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Robert L. Sanders said the Father's chain last month received an order to "cease and desist" the promotions, which allegedly violate state laws against sex discrimination. The commission's order followed its adoption of new guidelines allowing it to regulate discriminatory practices, which went into effect on January...
Bloom also said that at Lance's request, he had not even told the FBI that the comptroller had worked out a cease-and-desist agreement with the Calhoun bank in December 1975. Lance had told him this might needlessly hurt the bank's business. Bloom's action was not without basis, since the comptroller's office cannot legally reveal the existence of such enforcement agreements without approval of the affected bank. The agreement required the end of all overdrafts to Lance and his family, ordered the bank to upgrade its loose lending practices, even questioned Lance's bank salary...
...Caribbean-born stewardess alleged that her airline discriminated against her by asking that she desist from flaunting her voodoo equipment...
...have always been immoral and illegal. Now they also have outlived their usefulness." Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union George Kennan disapproves of covert operations as "improper and undesirable." But he also disapproves for pragmatic reasons: "The fact that we can't keep them secret is reason enough to desist." U.C.L.A. Soviet Specialist Roman Kolkowicz argues: "The track record is deplorable. By and large, these operations have been a series of disasters." Adds Eugene Skolnikoff, director of M.I.T.'s Center for International Studies: "The resulting scandals provide grist for attacks on the U.S., retroactively validate charges?true or false?that...
...dismay last week. With Nixon pursuing yet another twist in his survival strategy;this time one of delay and resistance to continuing demands for Watergate evidence -a new clash loomed between President and prosecutor. Echoing Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor Nixon had fired last October for refusing to desist from pursuing presidential evidence, Jaworski said that he will not hesitate to go into court to get whatever White House documents and tapes he considers vital to his investigation (see box next page...