Word: refrain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ascribe motives very important, so important that it is itself responsible for his chosing to write a historical novel rather than a history. In an After-word he maintains that the novelist can ascribe motives to historical figures such as Burr, while historians, insofar as they are scrupulous, must refrain from doing...
...that is required: the movement's puritanism might impress Cotton Mather. There is no dating; marriage partners for disciples are selected by Moon and his lieutenants. Both men and women submit lists of five candidates and, after counseling, their leaders make a choice. Newly married couples must refrain from sex for 40 days after the wedding ceremony, which is the holiest act of the sect. Moon thunders against adultery and fornication; members who fall, he warns darkly, may never be saved...
...British Trustees to alter the scholarship's terms. But only if enough women apply for the Rhodes, and are endorsed by their colleges, can the Office pursue their case. Other universities should follow Harvard's example and endorse women on the same basis as men. And Mr. Barber should refrain from efforts to squash the women's applications before they reach the state committees. Only when its sexual bias has been removed will the Rhodes scholarship be able to embody the ideals on which it was founded...
...crimes seemed involved. When Segretti was called before a grand jury, Petersen ordered the prosecutors not to ask who at the White House had hired him. Dean testified that he had asked Petersen to avoid such embarrassing questions. It is also true that when Nixon told Petersen to refrain from any investigation of the burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, Petersen complied...
...estimated cost for replacing the original windows is $5 to $7 million, according to Glenn H. Parsons, second vice-president of public relations for Hancock. The issue of who will finally foot the bill is still unresolved, and company officials have advised the people involved to refrain from comment on the matter...