Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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POWER: No Predators. Multinationals should behave abroad as circumspectly as they must in the U.S. and increasingly in Western Europe, where antitrust agencies watch for illegal accumulations of economic power. Further, the companies should refrain from participating in cartels and avoid "predatory behavior toward competitors...
...White House dinner in his honor that night, Giscard sounded the refrain of unalloyed pro-Americanism by saying: "France is a dependable friend." The next day, in a 34-minute speech before a joint session of Congress (also delivered in English), he promised that France "will continue to contribute to the effectiveness of the Atlantic Alliance of which she is a part." Later, in a tent lined with the same red cloth as a Versailles salon, he entertained the Fords at a dinner on the grounds of the French embassy...
Many black politicians, especially on the West Coast, distrust Brown as a minimalist whose constant refrain is "People must lower their expectations." Said California Assemblyman Willie Brown, who drives a sporty Porsche: "My expectations have not been lowered. I still want my Turbo Carrera"-a reference to a supercharged GT model with a $25,850 price tag. Nonetheless, Jerry drew cheers again when he pointed at Mervyn Dymally, California's black Lieutenant Governor, and shouted: "If I go to Washington, he goes to Sacramento. If I'm elected President, I will appoint the first black Governor...
...battered" her students with a barrage of criticism aimed at specific movements in order to "help them raise their levels of consciousness of what their own pieces are about." Even more than for her gently trained students, the process must have been a struggle for Mallardi who had to refrain from trying "to impose my own dances on them...
...replaced by a more mature, but resigned and sentimental spirit. They are no longer singing of one-night stands and stupid girls, but about meaningful relationships--and not just with women, but with their children and friends as well. Though it sounds a little corny when Richards sings the refrain in "Memory Motel," the lyrics are a pleasant surprise...