Word: forbeare
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shall they hear if the preacher forbear...
...Washington's swank Mayflower Hotel last week, the ceremonious bestowal was made by Soviet Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko to Secretary Hull, since all the heroes were still away on war business. Ambassador Gromyko, beaming and affable, could not forbear pointing out once more that "my country still carries the main burden of military efforts and sacrifices." He sugared this pill by prophesying that Russia's allies would have a large share in the final victory...
...Senators on both sides of the aisle, Whence comes the offense? How long shall we endure, how long shall we be patient, how long shall we forbear to assert our self-respect, to demand our rights as men and Americans, and to find our place in the sun of this our blessed land...
...fostering of the self-respect and dignity of the individual lies at the foundation of a labor economy in a democracy. Our aim must be the achievement of a standard of living compatible with that dignity. . . . No nation has as yet fully achieved that objective. . . . The Commission cannot forbear the hope that its report will make some modest contribution to the material and moral progress of the conditions of labor in Bolivia...