Word: refrained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Khomeini asked defeated candidates to be good losers and to refrain from making wild accusations. Said he: "It is anti-Islamic to accuse a contender of dishonesty and treachery out of sheer spite." What Khomeini fears, confided a member of the clerical establishment, is that the Assembly will prove to be as destructively divided as the country has been for the past year. Says a Western diplomat: "The Assembly can be a real bedlam. A lot will depend on how Banisadr handles it." Banisadr's authority may actually increase under the new system because he will have a Cabinet...
...dormant for decades before striking, or it can suddenly attack. Once on the move, it divides to form other abnormal cells, outlaws that violate normal genetic restraints. The body's immune system, normally alert to the presence of alien cells, fails to respond properly; its usually formidable defense units refrain from moving in and destroying the intruders. Unlike healthy cells, which stop reproducing after repairing damage or contributing to normal growth, the aberrant cells respect few limits or boundaries. They continue to proliferate wildly, forming a growing mass or tumor that expands into healthy tissue and competes with normal cells...
...hostages may still be possible reasonably soon. Less extreme in his demands than the militants, Banisadr reached a tentative agreement with Washington under which the U.S. would confess to past offenses in Iran, promise not to interfere again, help Iran recover the funds removed by the Shah and refrain from opposing Iran's efforts to force his extradition from Panama...
...they think does discriminate? Discrimination is not limited to a few evil "others" who are consciously aware of a malicious intent. The fact is that most racists--and bigots in general--are well-intended, friendly, good people. They hope that Blacks/Gays/Asians/Women/Chicanos get their rights. But as long as they refrain from actively attempting to transform their attitudes toward and assumptions about various oppressed groups, they will be providing de facto support for a maintenance of the status...
City residents voted two-to-one in a referendum last November to "refrain from investing monies" in companies linked to the South Africa government...