Word: refrained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bomba/Mozambique beat with somewhat depressing Spanish/English lyrics that reflect on the impossibility of dreams and humanity: "And they were imagining Roses/As if life itself were a dream/Is a gift not a reason for living?/Not enough, not enough, so it seems." The chorus then switches to Spanish with the refrain: "Brinde a la Rosa/Y al hombre que no vive/Perdido en un sueno/en un atmosfera imposible," reflecting again the hopelessness of illusion...
Earlier yesterday, 18 Lutheran Church leaders issued an appeal in East Berlin calling on East Germany's communist government to approve broad democratic reforms and urging all sides to refrain from violence...
...lyrics. Typical is "No Souvenirs," the first cut of the album that allows Etheridge's voice to range from melodic ballad to a bluesy rap: like most of the rest of the album, however, it follows a standard pattern of alternating a slow, mournful verse with a fast, angry refrain...
...vacation in the Crimea, the capital showed symptoms of panic. Conservative members of the Politburo were warning that the country could be slipping out of control. Government officials were speculating openly about the possibility of a coup. A rock group climbed the Soviet hit parade with a song whose refrain was "We are anticipating civil war." Arriving home, Gorbachev, looking tanned and vigorous after four weeks on the Black Sea shore, went straight to the Kremlin television studio and accused conservatives and radicals of creating an atmosphere of "despair and uncertainty...
David A. Denney, a State Department spokesperson, said yesterday in a phone interview from Washington that Chinese officials have been warned to "refrain from such activities...