Word: refrained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with strong values exists, the cults have less opportunity to make converts. Over the years, they tend to wax and wane, subject to a harsh winnowing process, a religious equivalent of the survival of the fittest. Established church leaders like to cite a prophecy in the Book of Acts: "Refrain from these men [the early Christians] and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow...
...preservation of "free" advertising compelled them to support a policy of publishing any political ads--including those from Playboy. But the distinction is irrelevant and the concern misplaced; if the Crimson really wants to keep its hands clean it should--to the extent that financial exigencies allow--refrain from the publication of all ads which promote sexism and other social evils...
...enough, Hua later became both Premier and Party Chairman. Not until July 1977, when his talents were required to supervise China's economic changes, was Teng rehabilitated. But the reported terms on which he returned were that he not tamper with Mao's legacy and that he refrain from seeking retribution against those who had helped in his purge...
Disregarding Jimmy Carter's pleas to both sides that they refrain from publicity blitzes and rhetorical upstaging, Sadat decided to force the timetable issue by going public. He authorized Cairo's semiofficial newspaper al Ahram to publish the text of the peace treaty, apparently in an effort to show Sadat's suspicious Arab colleagues that Egypt was attempting to bargain for the good of all the Arab states. The immediate effect was to prompt the U.S. State Department to release the official American version of the draft to the press (see box). Washington also released the text...
Gilbert's Sir Joseph Porter is his great creation in Pinafore, the character everyone remembers. But the pompous First Lord of the Admiralty, tailed by his drone horde of matronly relatives, fussily insisting that officers and crew "refrain from language strong," should be a solid character nonetheless. He's the vehicle for Gilbert's satiric venom, and he should be just respectable enough for us to enjoy laughing at him. Jonathan A. Prince turns Porter into a lovable old Codger, who you'd help across the street or stage if you could stop cracking up for a moment. So much...