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...aiming to please our late show patrons," the management said. "The 1 a.m. closing hour should prove convenient to those people who otherwise would have to forego refreshments after the theatre...
...spoiled young dandy who liked to dance, dress well, and take full advantage of his middle-class social position. He wanted to be a lawyer, but at Kiev University in those turbulent years at the turn of the century, a student had to make a political choice, or forego ambition. Figuring that the Czars were about washed up, Andrei chose the Menshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party. In the abortive 1905 revolution, Vishinsky was arrested along with a bunch of railroad strikers and did time in a Czarist prison...
...nations reduce conventional arms by fifty percent of "agreed norms." But in the past, during discussion of a U.N. police force, for example, the Kremlin has shown unusual ideas about the nature of fair "norms." Little value will come from the new proposal until the Soviets are willing to forego their dictionary of one-sided definitions. An even greater danger point is the weak system for checking the first stage of disarmament. The only control would be a temporary commission with the dubious power of requesting "the necessary information" concerning compliance with the reduction measures...
Both Murphy's scheduling director, Maurice Flynn, and his campaign treasurer, Rep. Charles Artesani, insisted that a rigorous schedule of previous commitments had forced Murphy to forego the meeting. "There's certainly no reason why he wouldn't want to speak," Flynn said. "It's a matter of scheduling, a matter of commitment...
Conant's academic achievements, particularly his scientific eminence, have been a big factor in his success in Germany, a country which has a great deal of respect for both the academician and the scientist. But the activities of the past eighteen months have required him to forego these pursuits. In fact, he said, "as long as I remain the President's chief representative in Germany, my interest in education will have to remain dormant." Asked how long that would be, he replied as long as he was wanted...