Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monologue about the new tapes disclosures. Recounting the Viet Nam War, his diplomatic breakthroughs with China and the Soviet Union, Nixon sought to show how preoccupied he had been as his re-election campaign of 1972 approached. "One thing I have learned," he said, rerunning an old refrain, "is never to allow anyone else to run your campaign." That was meant...
...government and community affairs, says that the biggest danger that his office sees in the issuance of such a complete draft in the University and local communities is that individuals and groups usually expected to reply in detailed comments, may view the interim report as too finalized and refrain from extensive comment...
...women-with the obvious exceptions of blacks and those of Latino descent-have really no use for the Tonga, or String [July 1]. They are generally well-endowed, but they most certainly lack the proper posteriors for this look. I suggest to the rest of North American females to refrain from showing their meager rears and concentrate on what they can more successfully exhibit...
Some teams, to conserve natural resources, get together during the season to sign non-aggression pacts. A good example of one of these non-aggression treaties is last year's National League East's Holy Alliance. In this balance-of-power division, six mediocre teams agreed to refrain from competing and produced a remarkably stable equilibrium--each club ended up near the .500 mark...
...Post's Stern, who was surprised to find his interview request granted, Vesco sang a similar refrain, adding: "I wouldn't go back home now if they granted me total immunity." In his televised phone talk with Vesco, which was filmed on both ends and aired on two consecutive nights last week, Cronkite got him to discuss some details of his own case. Vesco insisted that his gift to President Nixon's 1972 campaign was not intended to buy off an investigation of his affairs by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also said that...