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Word: refrained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...couldn't Harvard at least refrain from self-congratulation long enough to question whether this was $25 million well-spent? After all, it's not as if the Barker Center is the last of the renovations...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Do We Deserve the Barker Center? | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

...United States for the last five years, and Face/Off, though there are certain things to be said for it, is not a surrealist film. surrealism is a living, revolutionary, poetic movement uncompromisingly dedicated to the defense of freedom and the marvelous. I demand that in future The Crimson refrain from such egregious falsification. --Daniel C. Boyer Harvard Summer School Student

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Face/Off not a surrealist film | 7/11/1997 | See Source »

...past year to improve relations between their two countries. And with some success. What had looked like a tough fight to get congressional approval this week for most-favored-nation trading status for Beijing now looks like a sure thing. China has agreed to stop nuclear testing and refrain from selling nuclear technology to rogue nations. But a dark side to the relationship continues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SECRET MISSILE DEAL | 6/30/1997 | See Source »

Earlier in the century, when sewage pipes were draining directly into the Charles, the river gained infamous national status for its brown color with a pop hit's refrain that claimed Boston residents "love that dirty water...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Clean-up Efforts of River Continue Despite Setbacks | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...course, this is the refrain of technology's cheerleaders. Jobs don't disappear. They just change. Nimble people with can-do spirit can always find a new one. And on average, the jobs pay better and better. Life gets easier and easier. Actually, I'm one of technology's cheerleaders. Forced to choose between hunting buffalo with a bow and arrow and microwaving a cheese-steak hoagie, I'll take the sandwich. On balance, progress does make things better, at least materially, for most people. But the costs are real. Converting someone from a teller to an ATM servicer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIKE MULLIGAN MOMENT | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

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