Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rest of us hope that TIME will mercifully refrain from forming its style on Mr. Hammond Jr.'s model? We might stand for the canned music department, but not for the other...
Japan and the other eight nations which signed the Washington Treaties (19-21-22) are thereby obligated: 1.) To respect the sovereignty, the independence and the territorial and administrative integrity of China; and 2.) To refrain from taking advantage of conditions in China in order to seek special rights Or privileges which would abridge the rights of subjects or citizens of friendly states and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states...
Gabrilowitch brought his musicians to Manhattan in two special trains of twelve cars each, with two baggage cars and four diners. He wrote to the papers, asking that audiences attend his performances in a special mood of gravity and that they refrain from wearing bright colored clothes, lest there should be discord in the earnest surroundings of Holy Week, and lest the spell of a "musical masterpiece" be injured. Further, Mr. Gabrilowitch said this: "In all the years of my musical experience I have never found as much joy and inspiration in any artistic task as in the study...
...fine page decoration. Of these three, perhaps "Place Your Bets" takes the laurel owing to the fine adaptation of decoration to the subject and execution of the verse, which of itself is more than good. But "A Ballade of Spring" deserves further mention for its difficult double refrain and lack of forced rhymes...
Again I cannot refrain from enlightening Louisville Lou that, aside from the eminence of the owners of the "funny pictures" which it had been his "thought to discontinue looking at," they are faces generally acknowledged to be extremely strong and handsome...