Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Western proposal, termed "essentials of peace," was largely a restatement of the aims of the U.N. coupled with an exhortation to participating nations to make their sections conform more completely with these aims. It asked, for example, that nations "refrain from using force contrary to the charter," that they cooperate in regulating armaments, and settle disputes by peaceful means. It also called for a re-examination of the veto power by the Big Five...
...Austin dramatically delivered the West's answer to Vishinsky. It was a sweeping Anglo-American resolution on "Essentials of Peace." Among other things, its twelve points would pledge all U.N. members not to use force or the threat of force in ways contrary to the U.N. charter; to refrain from fomenting civil strife in other countries; to carry out international agreements in good faith; to promote human rights; to grant free access to U.N. agencies; to exercise restraint in the use of the U.N. veto; to drop barriers which prevent a free exchange of information; to give...
After reducing himself to an object as piteous and work-ridden as an aged charwoman's knee, Toombs wails an old refrain: "Waking up in the morning is the worst mistake that a housekeeper can make. You have the awful feeling that you are in debt to the day . . . Housekeeping [is] certainly the hardest job I . . . ever tackled...
...Grinning broadly, Witness Carl Winter stepped down from the stand, the fifth Communist to be jailed for contempt in the eight-month conspiracy trial of eleven of the nation's top Reds. Outside the courthouse in Manhattan's Foley Square, Communist pickets dutifully picked up the new refrain: "Free Carl Winter. Stop this frame-up." Within minutes, placards appeared, with Winter's name neatly lettered...
...read to the new generation, which insisted on addressing him as tu instead of the vous his own children had been taught to use. After dinner, all hands assembled in the big, comfortable living room to sing French Canadian folk songs, with Père St. Laurent joining the refrain...